North Carolina General Statutes 115C-316.2. School mental health support personnel reports
(a) Definition. – For purposes of this section, the term “school mental health support personnel” refers to school psychologists, school counselors, school nurses, and school social workers.
(b) Local Report. – No later than February 15 of each year, the superintendent of each local school administrative unit shall report the following information to the local board of education of the unit:
(1) The total number of each category of school mental health support personnel employed in the unit.
(2) The difference from the previous school year in the total number of each category of school mental health personnel employed in the unit.
(c) State Report. – No later than March 15 of each year, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee and the Fiscal Research Division the difference from the previous school year in the total number of each category of school mental health support personnel that are funded exclusively from the instructional support allotment in each local school administrative unit. ?(2019-222, s. 5.1(a).)
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 115C-316.2
- 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
- Local school administrative unit: means a subdivision of the public school system which is governed by a local board of education. See North Carolina General Statutes 115C-5
- Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
- 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