§ 116-235. Board of Trustees; additional powers and duties.
§ 116‑235. Board ofTrustees; additional powers and duties.
(a) In addition to thepowers enumerated in Chapter 116, Article I, Part 3, the Board of Trusteesshall have the powers and duties set out in this section.
(a1) Academic Program.
(1) The Board ofTrustees shall establish the standard course of study for the School. Thiscourse of study shall set forth the subjects to be taught in each grade and thetexts and other educational materials on each subject to be used in each grade.
(2) The Board of Trusteesshall adopt regulations governing class size, the instructional calendar, thelength of the instructional day, and the number of instructional days in eachterm.
(b) Students.
(1) Admission ofStudents. The School shall admit students in accordance with criteria,standards, and procedures established by the Board of Trustees. To be eligibleto be considered for admission, an applicant must be either a legal resident ofthe State, as defined by G.S. 116‑143.1(a)(1), or a student whose parentis an active duty member of the armed services, as defined by G.S. 116‑143.3(2),who is abiding in this State incident to active military duty at the time theapplication is submitted, provided the student shares the abode of that parent;eligibility to remain enrolled in the School shall terminate at the end of anyschool year during which a student becomes a nonresident of the State. TheBoard of Trustees shall ensure, insofar as possible without jeopardizingadmission standards, that an equal number of qualified applicants is admittedto the program and to the residential summer institutes in science andmathematics from each of North Carolina's congressional districts. In no eventshall the differences in the number of qualified applicants offered admission tothe program from each of North Carolina's congressional districts be more thantwo and one‑half percentage points from the average number per districtwho are offered admission.
(2) School Attendance. Every parent, guardian, or other person in this State having charge or controlof a child who is enrolled in the School and who is less than 16 years of ageshall cause such child to attend school continuously for a period equal to thetime which the School shall be in session. No person shall encourage, entice,or counsel any child to be unlawfully absent from the School. Any person whoaids or abets a student's unlawful absence from the School shall, uponconviction, be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The Chancellor of the Schoolshall be responsible for implementing such additional policies concerningcompulsory attendance as shall be adopted by the Board of Trustees, includingregulations concerning lawful and unlawful absences, permissible excuses fortemporary absences, maintenance of attendance records, and attendancecounseling.
(3) Student Discipline. Rules of conduct governing students of the School shall be established by theBoard of Trustees. The Chancellor, other administrative officers, and allteachers, substitute teachers, voluntary teachers, teacher aides andassistants, and student teachers in the School may use reasonable force in theexercise of lawful authority to restrain or correct pupils and maintain order.
(c) through (h).Repealed by Session Laws 2006‑66, s. 9.11(s), effective July 1, 2007.
(i) The Display of theUnited States and North Carolina Flags and the Recitation of the Pledge ofAllegiance. The Board of Trustees shall adopt policies to require (i) thedisplay of the United States and North Carolina flags in each classroom whenavailable, (ii) the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance on a daily basis,and (iii) the instruction on the meaning and historical origins of the flag andthe Pledge of Allegiance. These policies shall not compel any person to stand,salute the flag, or recite the Pledge of Allegiance. If flags are donated orare otherwise available, flags shall be displayed in each classroom. (1985, c. 757, s. 206(b);1993, c. 539, ss. 896, 897; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 1995, c. 507, s.15.1; 2002‑126, s. 9.12(c); 2005‑318, s. 2; 2005‑445, s. 8.1;2006‑66, ss. 9.11(o)‑9.11(s); 2006‑137, s. 5.)