The following definitions apply in this Part:

(1) Commission. – The North Carolina Teaching Fellows Commission.

Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 116-209.60

  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3

(2) Director. – The Director of the North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program.

(3) Forgivable loan. – A forgivable loan made under the Program.

(4) Program. – The North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program.

(5) Public school. – An elementary or secondary school located in North Carolina that is governed by a local board of education, charter school board of directors, regional school board of directors, or University of North Carolina laboratory school board of trustees.

(6) STEM. – Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

(7) Trust Fund. – The North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program Trust Fund. (2017-57, s. 10A.3(a).)