The provisions of this Part shall apply to any nonpublic school which has one or more of the following characteristics:

(1) It is accredited by the State Board of Education.

Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 115C-555

  • 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

(2) It is accredited by a national or regional accrediting agency.

(3) It is an active member of the North Carolina Association of Independent Schools.

(4) It receives no funding from the State of North Carolina. For the purposes of this Article, scholarship funds awarded pursuant to Part 2A of this Article or Article 41 of this Chapter to eligible students attending a nonpublic school shall not be considered funding from the State of North Carolina. (1979, c. 506; 1981, c. 423, s. 1; 2013-360, s. 8.29(c); 2017-57, s. 10A.4(c); 2021-180, s. 8A.3(p).)

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