§ 115D-41. Restrictions on contracts with local school administrative units; use of community college facilities by public school students pursuant to cooperative programs.
§ 115D‑41. Restrictionson contracts with local school administrative units; use of community collegefacilities by public school students pursuant to cooperative programs.
(a) Community collegecontracts with local school administrative units shall not be used by theseagencies to supplant funding for a public school high school teacher providingcourses offered pursuant to G.S. 115D‑20(4) who is already employed bythe local school administrative unit. However, if a community college contractswith a local school administrative unit for a public high school teacher toteach a college level course, the community college shall not generate budgetFTE for that course. Its reimbursement in this case shall be limited to thedirect instructional costs contained in the contract, plus fifteen percent(15%) for administrative costs. In no event shall a community college contractwith a local school administrative unit to provide high school level courses.
(b) Existing communitycollege facilities that comply with the North Carolina State Building Code andapplicable local ordinances for community college facilities may be usedwithout modification for public school students in joint or cooperativeprograms such as middle or early college programs and dual enrollment programs.Designs for new community college facilities that comply with the NorthCarolina State Building Code and applicable local ordinances for communitycollege facilities also may be used without modification for these students.
For the purpose of establishingUse and Occupancy Classifications, these programs shall be considered"Business Group B" in the same manner as other community collegeuses. (1991(Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 900, s. 82(a); 2006‑66, s. 8.11(a); 2006‑221,s. 5; 2009‑206, s. 1.)