{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-116-74.41a","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 116-74.41A","heading":"Definitions.","body":"For the purposes of this Article, the following definitions apply:\n(1)\tAuthority or SEAA. - The State Education Assistance Authority as created in G.S. 116-203.\n(2)\tCommission. - The North Carolina Principal Fellows Commission.\n(3)\tEligible entity. - A for-profit or nonprofit organization or an institution of higher education that has an evidence-based plan for preparing school leaders who implement school leadership practices linked to increased student achievement.\n(4)\tHigh-need local school administrative unit. - A local school administrative unit with the majority of its schools deemed to be high-need schools as defined in subdivision (5) of this subsection.\n(5)\tHigh-need school. - A public school that meets one or more of the following criteria:\na.\tIs a school identified under Part A of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended.\nb.\tIs a persistently low-achieving school, as identified by the Department of Public Instruction for purposes of federal accountability.\nc.\tA middle school containing any of grades five through eight that feeds into a high school with less than a seventy-five percent (75%) four-year cohort graduation rate.\nd.\tA high school with less than a seventy-five percent (75%) four-year cohort graduation rate.\n(6)\tRepealed by Session Laws 2019-60, s. 1(x), effective July 1, 2021.\n(7)\tPrincipal. - The highest administrative official in a public school building with primary responsibility for the instructional leadership, talent management, and organizational development of the school.\n(8)\tRepealed by Session Laws 2019-60, s. 1(x), effective July 1, 2021.\n(9)\tProgram. - The North Carolina Principal Fellows Program established pursuant to G.S. 116-74.44.\n(10)\tPublic school. - An elementary or secondary school located in North Carolina that is operated by a local board of education, charter school board of directors, regional school board of directors, chancellor for a University of North Carolina laboratory school, an innovative school operator, or the United States government.\n(11)\tSchool leader. - An individual employed in a school leadership role, including principal or assistant principal roles.\n(12)\tStudent achievement. - At the whole school level, after three years of leading a school, consistent and methodologically sound measures of:\na.\tStudent academic achievement.\nb.\tAggregated individual student academic growth.\nc.\tAdditional outcomes, such as high school graduation rates, the percentage of students taking advanced-level coursework, or the percentage of students who obtain a career-related credential through a national business certification exam.\n(13)\tTrust Fund. - The North Carolina Principal Fellows Trust Fund established pursuant to G.S. 116-74.41B. (2019-60, s. 1(l), (x); 2022-71, s. 3.4(c).)","path":["Chapter 116. Higher Education.","Article 5C. North Carolina Principal Fellows Program."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_116/GS_116-74.41A.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:17:57Z","sha256":"ec8127e5349e1a6b10217c686fd47c2728593ae307c47b3df30d5ba0c1a961bb","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-116-74.41","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-116-74.41b"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}