For the purposes of this Article, the following definitions apply: (1) Authority or SEAA. - The State Education Assistance Authority as created in G.S. 116-203. (2) Commission. - The North Carolina Principal Fellows Commission. (3) Eligible 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. (4) High-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. (5) High-need school. - A public school that meets one or more of the following criteria: a. Is a school identified under Part A of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended. b. Is a persistently low-achieving school, as identified by the Department of Public Instruction for purposes of federal accountability. c. A 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. d. A high school with less than a seventy-five percent (75%) four-year cohort graduation rate. (6) Repealed by Session Laws 2019-60, s. 1(x), effective July 1, 2021. (7) Principal. - The highest administrative official in a public school building with primary responsibility for the instructional leadership, talent management, and organizational development of the school. (8) Repealed by Session Laws 2019-60, s. 1(x), effective July 1, 2021. (9) Program. - The North Carolina Principal Fellows Program established pursuant to G.S. 116-74.44. (10) Public 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. (11) School leader. - An individual employed in a school leadership role, including principal or assistant principal roles. (12) Student achievement. - At the whole school level, after three years of leading a school, consistent and methodologically sound measures of: a. Student academic achievement. b. Aggregated individual student academic growth. c. Additional 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. (13) Trust Fund. - The North Carolina Principal Fellows Trust Fund established pursuant to G.S. 116-74.41B.
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