H97 - 2015 Appropriations Act, Sec. 8.27: Investing in Innovation Grant (SL 2015-241)

Overview: Sec. 8.27 of S.L. 2015-241, as amended by Sec. 3.1 of S.L. 2015-268, allows certain local school administrative units (LEAs) to enroll tenth grade students in one community college course if the LEA is participating in the federal Investing in Innovation Fund Grant: Validating Early College Strategies for Traditional Comprehensive High Schools (Grant). Grant funds are to be used to pay for all costs incurred, including the community college FTE. Community colleges do not earn budget FTE for students enrolled under this Grant unless the student is otherwise enrolled in a program that allows high school students to take community college courses.

The North Carolina New Schools Project must report on the implementation of the Grant by March 15, 2016, and annually thereafter until the end of the Grant period to the State Board of Education, the State Board of Community Colleges, the Office of the Governor, and the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee.

This section became effective July 1, 2015.