(a)        The State Board of Education shall adopt rules necessary for the Department of Public Instruction to implement this Article, including, at a minimum, rules to address eligibility for admission criteria. In determining rules for admission criteria, the State Board of Education shall take into account the following factors:

(1)        State and federal laws.

(2)        Optimal academic and communicative outcomes for the child.

(3)        Parental input and choice.

(4)        Recommendations in a child’s Individualized Education Program (IEP).

(b)        Rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 150B of the N.C. Gen. Stat.. ?(2013-247, s. 2.)

Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 115C-150.13

  • 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