Section 115C-206 - State Board of Education; duties; responsibilitiesThe Superintendent of Public Instruction shall prepare and present to the State Board of Education recommendations for general guidelines for encouraging increased community involvement in the public schools and use of public school facilities. These recommendations shall include, but shall not be limited to provisions for:
(1) The use of public school facilities by governmental, charitable or civic organizations for activities within the community.(2) The utilization of the talents and abilities of volunteers within the community for the enhancement of public school programs including tutoring, counseling and cultural programs and projects.(3) Increased communications between the staff and faculty of the public schools, other community institutions and agencies, and citizens in the community.(4) Local boards of education are to be directed to give priority in the use of school facilities to any youth group listed in Title 36 of the United States Code as a patriotic society, such as the Boy Scouts of America, and its affiliated North Carolina groups and councils, and the Girl Scouts of the United States of America, and its affiliated North Carolina groups and councils, in order to encourage schools to facilitate access for students to participate in activities provided by these groups at times other than instructional time during the school day for the purposes of encouraging civic education. Based on the recommendations of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the State Board of Education shall adopt appropriate policies and guidelines for encouraging increased community involvement in the public schools and use of the public school facilities.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-206
Amended by 2015 N.C. Sess. Laws 249,s. 1, eff. 9/25/2015. 1977, c. 682; 1981, c. 423, s. 1; 1995, c. 450, s. 8.