The Task Force shall have all of the following duties:

(1)        To serve as an advisory board to the Center for Safer Schools.

(2)        To provide guidance and recommendations to the Governor, Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the General Assembly to improve statewide policy to enhance statewide and local capacities to create safer schools.

(3)        To encourage interagency collaboration among State and local government agencies to achieve effective policies and streamline efforts to create safer schools.

(4)        To Assist the Center for Safer Schools in collecting and disseminating information on recommended best practices and community needs related to creating safer schools in North Carolina.

(5)        Other duties as assigned by the State Board of Education. ?(2016-126, 4th Ex. Sess., s. 41.1(b).)

Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 115C-105.56

  • board: means a city board of education, county board of education, or a city-county board of education. See North Carolina General Statutes 115C-5
  • 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
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • Superintendent: means the superintendent of schools of a public school system or, in his absence, the person designated to fulfill his functions. See North Carolina General Statutes 115C-5