GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

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SENATE BILL 1201*

Short Title:        Add'l Flex./Coop. Innovative High Schools.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Senators Swindell,  Foriest, Brown; Atwater, Davis, Goss, Hartsell, Purcell, and Snow.
Referred to:	Education/Higher Education.

May 18, 2010

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to provide additional operating flexibility to cooperative innovative high schools, as recommended by the Joint Legislative Joining Our Businesses and Schools (JOBS) Study Commission.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C-238.53(f) reads as rewritten:

"(f)       Except as provided in this Part and under the terms of the agreement, a program may be exempted by the applicable governing Board from laws and rules applicable to a local board of education, a local school administrative unit, a community college, a constituent institution, or a local board of trustees. Except as provided in this Part or under the terms of the agreement, a program shall have the same exemptions from statutes and rules as charter schools operating under Part 6A of this Article, other than those pertaining to personnel."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with the 2010-2011 school year.