Section 115C-218.120 - Remote charter academies(a) As part of an application or modification of a charter, a nonprofit may apply to the Review Board for approval to include a remote charter academy that meets the requirements of this Part as part of the nonprofit's charter. A charter that includes a remote charter academy may do any of the following:(1) Provide only remote instruction to enrolled students served by the charter in accordance with this Part.(2) Provide remote instruction to students enrolled in the remote charter academy and provide in-person instruction to other students served by the charter.(3) Provide enrolled students both remote instruction and in-person instruction. A student who receives more than half of the student's instruction through remote instruction shall be classified as enrolled in the charter's remote charter academy.(b) As part of the application or modification of a charter, the nonprofit shall designate which of the following enrollment areas the remote charter academy will use to enroll students: (1) A statewide remote charter academy that admits students in accordance with G.S. 115C-218.45.(2) A regional remote charter academy that, notwithstanding G.S. 115C-218.45(a), admits students only from the county in which the charter school facility is located and the counties of the State geographically contiguous to that county.(c) A remote charter academy provides instruction primarily online through a combination of synchronous and asynchronous instruction delivered to students in a remote location outside of the charter school facility. A remote charter academy may include any combination of grade levels.(d) Notwithstanding G.S. 115C-84.3, an approved remote charter academy may satisfy the minimum required number of instructional days or hours for the school calendar through remote instruction.N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-218.120
Added by 2023 N.C. Sess. Laws 134,s. 7.26-a, eff. 9/22/2023, applicable beginning with the 2023-2024 school year.