2005 North Carolina Code - General Statutes § 115C-489.2. (For contingent repeal see note) Grants from the Fund.

§ 115C‑489.2. (For contingent repeal see note) Grants from the Fund.

(a)       The board of education and the boards of county commissioners of the county in which the local school administrative unit is located in whole or in part shall apply jointly for a grant from the Fund to meet a particular critical need in the local school administrative unit. Grants may be made only for projects that meet the statewide school facility minimum standards adopted by the State Board of Education pursuant to G.S. 115C‑489.3.

The application shall contain information on how the critical need for which funds are requested would be met and how much State money is required for the project. The application shall also include an analysis of the school facility needs of the county and a long‑range plan for meeting those needs.

At the request of a board of county commissioners or a local board of education, the State Board of Education shall provide technical assistance in facility planning to a local school administrative unit and a county preparing an application for a grant from the Fund.

(b)       The State Board of Education shall make grants from the Fund based on the grant priority list established in 1988 by The Commission on School Facility Needs until the next 11 local school administrative units on that priority list are funded. (1987, c. 622, s. 13; c. 813, s. 18; 1995 (Reg. Sess., 1996), c. 631, s. 12.)