NC 1500-2.24 Local Educational Agency

Plain English summary

This regulation defines the term 'Local Educational Agency' (LEA) as any public board of education or public authority legally constituted within the State to administer or provide services for public elementary or secondary schools. The definition extends to other public institutions or agencies with administrative control of public schools, including charter schools established as LEAs, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Correction, and the Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

Key requirements

• Local educational agency or LEA means a public board of education or other public authority legally constituted within the State for either administrative control or direction of, or to perform a service function for, public elementary or secondary schools in a city, county, township, school district, or other political subdivision of the State, or for a combination of school districts or counties as are recognized in the State as an administrative agency for its public elementary schools or secondary schools.
• The term includes any other public institution or agency having administrative control and direction of a public elementary school or secondary school, including a public nonprofit charter school that is established as an LEA under State law, including the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Correction, and the Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

Affected parties

• local educational agencies
• public boards of education
• charter schools
• Department of Health and Human Services
• Department of Correction
• Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• public elementary and secondary schools

Official source

https://www.dpi.nc.gov/documents/publications/catalog/ec144-policies-governing-services/open#page=15