2009 North Carolina Code
Chapter 115D - Community Colleges.
§ 115D-1.1. Discretion in admissions.

§ 115D‑1.1.  Discretion in admissions.

(a)        Notwithstanding G.S. 115D‑1, a student under the age of 16 may enroll in a community college if the following conditions are met:

(1)        The president of the community college or the president's designee finds, based on criteria established by the State Board of Community Colleges, that the student is intellectually gifted and that the student has the maturity to justify admission to the community college; and

(2)        One of the following persons approves the student's enrollment in a community college:

a.         The local board of education, or the board's designee, for the local school administrative unit in which the student is domiciled or is enrolled.

b.         The administrator, or the administrator's designee, of the nonpublic school in which the student is enrolled.

c.         The person who provides the academic instruction in the home school in which the student is enrolled.

d.         The designee of the board of directors of the charter school in which the student is enrolled.

e.         The administrator of the college or university where the student is enrolled.

(b)        The State Board of Community Colleges, in consultation with the Department of Public Instruction, shall adopt rules to implement this section.  (2001‑312, s. 2; 2001‑487, s. 76; 2005‑77, ss. 2, 3; 2009‑46, s. 1.)