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Chapter 115D.

§ 115D-1.1: Repealed by Session Laws 2011-145, s.

§ 115D-1.2: Repealed by Session Laws 2011-145, s.

§ 115D-1.3. Repealed by Session Laws 2025-56, s.

§ 115D-2. Definitions.

§ 115D-2.1: Repealed by Session Laws 2021-90, s.

§ 115D-2.2. (Effective until July 1, 2027) State Board of Community Colleges.

§ 115D-3. Community Colleges System Office; staff; reorganization authority.

§ 115D-3.1. General Assembly confirmation of the President.

§ 115D-4. Establishment of institutions.

§ 115D-4.1. Repealed by Session Laws by 2025-56, S.

§ 115D-5. Repealed by Session Laws 2025-56, s.

§ 115D-5.1. Repealed by Session Laws 2025-56, s.

§ 115D-5.1A. Repealed by Session Laws 2025-56, s.

§ 115D-5.2. Repealed by Session Laws 2025-56, s.

§ 115D-5.5. Board Reserve Fund.

§ 115D-6.1. Administration of institutions.

§ 115D-6.2. Accreditation policy.

§ 115D-6.3: Reserved for future codification purposes.

§ 115D-6.4: Reserved for future codification purposes.

§ 115D-6.5. Notice of noncompliance; appointment of an interim board of trustees.

§ 115D-7. Establishment of private, nonprofit corporations.

§ 115D-8. Repealed by Session Laws 1999-84, s.

§ 115D-9. Powers of State Board regarding certain fee negotiations, contracts, and capital improvements.

§ 115D-9.5. Bookstore sales.

§ 115D-9.10. Exchange of information with The University of North Carolina and North Carolina public schools.

§ 115D-9.15. Lease purchase and installment purchase contracts.

§ 115D-9.20. Compliance review and requested information.

§ 115D-9.25. Multicampus centers.

§ 115D-9.30. Service areas.

§ 115D-9.35. Athletic teams.

§ 115D-9.40. Evaluation of technology costs.

§ 115D-10. Limitation on judicial review of State Board actions.

§ 115D-10.10. College transfer program approval; standards for programs; annual reporting requirements.

§ 115D-10.15. Workforce development programs.

§ 115D-10.17. Customized Training Program.

§ 115D-10.19. Short-Term Workforce Development Grant Program.

§ 115D-10.21. Training programs for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

§ 115D-10.25. Commercial fishing and aquaculture classes.

§ 115D-10.30. Correction education programs.

§ 115D-10.35. Teacher residency licensure courses.

§ 115D-10.40. American Sign Language courses.

§ 115D-10.45. Adult high school equivalency diploma test.

§ 115D-10.50. Motorcycle Safety Instruction Program.

§ 115D-10.70. Driving eligibility certificates.

§ 115D-10.75. Excused absences for religious observances.

§ 115D-10.76. Excused absences for National Guard service members.

§ 115D-10.80. Education records of minor students.

§ 115D-11. Reserved for future codification purposes.

§ 115D-11.6. Apprenticeship Council.

§ 115D-11.7. ApprenticeshipNC.

§ 115D-11.8. Powers and duties of Director of ApprenticeshipNC.

§ 115D-11.9. Apprenticeship committees and program sponsors.

§ 115D-11.10. Definition of an apprentice.

§ 115D-11.11. Contents of agreement.

§ 115D-11.12. Approval of apprentice agreements; signatures.

§ 115D-11.13. Rotation of employment.

§ 115D-11.14. Limitation.

§ 115D-13. Terms of office of trustees.

§ 115D-14. Board of trustees a body corporate; corporate name and powers; title to property.

§ 115D-15. Sale, exchange or lease of property; use of proceeds from donated property.

§ 115D-15.1. Disposition, acquisition, and construction of property by community college.

§ 115D-16. Elective officials serving as trustees.

§ 115D-17. Compensation of trustees.

§ 115D-18. Organization of boards; meetings.

§ 115D-19. Removal of trustees.

§ 115D-20. Powers and duties of trustees.

§ 115D-20.1. Policy prohibiting tobacco use in community college buildings, grounds, and at community college-sponsored events.

§ 115D-20.2. Student organizations; rights and recognition.

§ 115D-21. Traffic regulations; fines and penalties.

§ 115D-21.1. Campus law enforcement agencies.

§ 115D-21.2. Accreditation.

§ 115D-21.5. Repealed by Session Laws 2025-56, s.

§ 115D-21.10. Curriculum courses taught throughout year.

§ 115D-22. State Retirement System for Teachers and State Employees; social security.

§ 115D-23. Workers' Compensation Act applicable to institutional employees.

§ 115D-24. Waiver of governmental immunity from liability for negligence of agents and employees of institutions; liability insurance.

§ 115D-25. Purchase of annuity or retirement income contracts for employees by local boards of trustees.

§ 115D-25.1. Dependent care assistance program.

§ 115D-25.2. Flexible Compensation Plan.

§ 115D-25.3. Voluntary shared leave.

§ 115D-25.4. Department of State Treasurer-sponsored 403(b) option.

§ 115D-26. Conflict of interest.

§ 115D-28. Certain records open to inspection.

§ 115D-29. Confidential information in personnel files; access to information.

§ 115D-30. Remedy of employee objecting to material in file.

§ 115D-30.10. Evaluation of Career and College Promise Program.

§ 115D-30.15. Cooperative innovative high schools.

§ 115D-30.20. Noncredit courses.

§ 115D-30.25. Gateway to College Program.

§ 115D-30.30. NC Career Coach Program.

§ 115D-31.1. Liability insurance.

§ 115D-31.2. Maintenance of plant.

§ 115D-31.3. Institutional performance accountability.

§ 115D-32. Local financial support of institutions.

§ 115D-33. Providing local public funds for institutions established under this Chapter; elections.

§ 115D-34. Providing local public funds for institutions previously established.

§ 115D-35. Requests for elections to provide funds for institutions.

§ 115D-36. Elections on question of the addition of a college transfer program at an institution and issuance of bonds therefor.

§ 115D-37. Payment of expenses of special elections under Chapter.

§ 115D-38. Authority to issue bonds and notes, to levy taxes and to appropriate nontax revenues.

§ 115D-38.5.

§ 115D-38.10. Funds for an intercollegiate athletics program.

§ 115D-39.1. Tuition surcharge.

§ 115D-39.2. Pro rata tuition and uniform registration fees.

§ 115D-39.5. Tuition waivers.

§ 115D-40. Repealed by Session Laws 1999-237, s.9.4(c).

§ 115D-40.1. Targeted Financial Assistance for Community College Students; participation in federal programs.

§ 115D-40.2. Semester limitation on eligibility for North Carolina Community College grants.

§ 115D-40.5. Annual report on NC Community College Childcare Grant Program.

§ 115D-41. Recodified as G.S.

§ 115D-42: Repealed by Session Laws 2018-5, s.

§ 115D-43. Recodified as G.S.

§ 115D-44. Repealed by Session Laws 2025-56, s.

§ 115D-55. Budget management.

§ 115D-56. Final adoption of budget.

§ 115D-57. Interim budget.

§ 115D-58. Amendments to the budget; budget transfers.

§ 115D-58.1. Federal contracts and grants.

§ 115D-58.2. Allocation of revenue to the institution by the local tax-levying authority.

§ 115D-58.3. Provision for disbursement of State money.

§ 115D-58.4. Provisions for disbursement of local money.

§ 115D-58.5. Accounting system.

§ 115D-58.6. Investment of idle cash.

§ 115D-58.7. Selection of depository; deposits to be secured.

§ 115D-58.8. Facsimile signatures.

§ 115D-58.9. Daily deposits.

§ 115D-58.10. Surety bonds and related insurance.

§ 115D-58.11. Fire and casualty insurance on institutional buildings and contents.

§ 115D-58.11A. Flood insurance.

§ 115D-58.12. Liability insurance; tort actions against boards of trustees.

§ 115D-58.13. Vending facilities.

§ 115D-58.14. Purchasing flexibility.

§ 115D-58.15. Lease purchase and installment purchase contracts for equipment and real property.

§ 115D-58.16. Audits.

§ 115D-58.17. Report on certain recurring programs.

§ 115D-60. Special provisions for Central Piedmont Community College.

§ 115D-61. Special provisions for Coastal Carolina Community College.

§ 115D-62. Repealed by Session Laws 2023-134, s.

§§ 115D-63 through 115D-67.

§ 115D-67.2. Advisory Board.

§ 115D-67.3. Director and other Center personnel.

§ 115D-67.4. Fees collected by the Center; purchases using Center funds.

§ 115D-67.11. Director and other Center personnel.

§ 115D-67.12. Fees collected by the Center; use of Center funds.

§§ 115D-68 through 115D-71: Repealed by Session Laws 2005-103, s.

§§ 115D-68 through 115D-71: Repealed by Session Laws 2005-103, s.

§§ 115D-68 through 115D-71: Repealed by Session Laws 2005-103, s.

§§ 115D-73 through 115D-76.

§ 115D-78. Access to information and public records; small business counseling information.

§ 115D-79. Open meetings.

§ 115D-80: Repealed by Session Laws 2011-145, s.

§ 115D-81. Saving clauses.

§§ 115D-82 through 115D-86.

§ 115D-88. Exemptions.

§ 115D-89. State Board of Community Colleges to administer Article; issuance of diplomas by schools; investigation and inspection; rules.

§ 115D-89.1. State Board of Proprietary Schools.

§ 115D-89.2. Office of Proprietary Schools; staff.

§ 115D-89.3.

§ 115D-89.4. Powers of the State Board of Proprietary Schools.

§ 115D-90.

§ 115D-91. Duration and renewal of licenses; notice of change of ownership, administration, etc.; license not transferable.

§ 115D-92. Authority to establish fees; Commercial Education Fund established; refund of fees.

§ 115D-93. Suspension, revocation or refusal of license; notice and hearing; judicial review; grounds.

§ 115D-94: Repealed by Session Laws 1983 (Regular Session, 1984), c.

§ 115D-95. Bonds required.

§ 115D-95.1. Student Protection Fund.

§ 115D-96. Operating school without license or bond made misdemeanor.

§ 115D-97. Contracts with unlicensed schools and evidences of indebtedness made null and void.