GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1987 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 442

SENATE BILL 510

 

AN ACT TO TRANSFER RESPONSIBILITY FOR LICENSING AND SUPERVISION OF PROPRIETARY SCHOOLS FROM THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO THE STATE BOARD OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Article 40 of Chapter 115C of the General Statutes of North Carolina is amended by deleting the words "State Board of Education" wherever these words appear in the Article and replacing them with the words "State Board of Community Colleges."  The Article is further amended by deleting the words "Superintendent of Public Instruction" wherever these words appear in the Article and replacing them with the words "President of the Department of Community Colleges."

Sec. 2.  Article 40 of Chapter 115C, as amended by Section 1 of this act, is transferred to Chapter 115D of the General Statutes of North Carolina to become Article 8 of that Chapter and is recodified as necessary for purposes of this transfer.

Sec. 3.  Nothing in this act shall be construed to mean that proprietary schools as defined in Article 40 of Chapter 115C and transferred to Chapter 115D by this act shall become community colleges or technical institutes or part of the Community College System, except for licensing and supervision.  Specific authorization by the General Assembly shall be required before any proprietary school shall become a community college or technical institute or part of the Community College System.

Sec. 4.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1987.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 22nd day of June, 1987.