The following definitions apply in this Article:

(1)        Advisory board. – An advisory board established by a chancellor under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 116-239.8

(2)        Board of trustees. – The board of trustees of a constituent institution.

(2a)      Chancellor. – The chancellor of a constituent institution who operates a laboratory school approved by the Subcommittee on Laboratory Schools under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 116-239.7 or the chancellor’s designee.

(3)        Constituent institution. – A constituent institution of The University of North Carolina with an educator preparation program that has a laboratory school operated in accordance with this Article.

(4)        Laboratory school. – A public school created under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 116-239.7 that (i) except as otherwise provided in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 116-239.7(a2), is located in a qualifying local school administrative unit that has twenty five percent (25%) or more of the schools located in the unit identified as low-performing under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-105.37 and (ii) serves students in at least three consecutive grade levels in the range of kindergarten through eighth grade.

(4a)      President. – The President of The University of North Carolina.

(5)        Principal. – The principal of a laboratory school.

(6)        Subcommittee. – The Subcommittee on Laboratory Schools. ?(2016-94, s. 11.6(a); 2017-117, s. 1.)