NC Education Code · Regulation
Title 16 — root / Chapter 06 — 16 NCAC 06E .0107
Plain English summary
This regulation requires Local Education Agencies (LEAs) in North Carolina to report 30 categories of crimes and offenses occurring on school property or during school-sponsored field trips to the Department of Public Instruction within five school days of occurrence. Covered offenses range from serious violent crimes such as homicide and rape to behavioral incidents such as bullying, cyberbullying, and verbal harassment. The regulation defines both the scope of reportable acts and the physical or event-based conditions under which reporting is triggered.
Key requirements
- Local Education Agencies (LEAs) shall report the following crimes and offenses within five school days to the Department of Public Instruction
- These offenses shall be reported when they occur on school property, defined as any public school building, bus, public school campus, grounds, recreational area, or athletic field in the charge of the principal
- These offenses shall be reported when they occur off school property on a school-sponsored field trip
- Homicide as defined in G.S. 14-17 and 14-18
- Assault resulting in serious personal injury as defined in G.S. 14-32.4
- Assault involving the use of a weapon as defined in G.S. 14-32 through 14-34.10
- Rape as defined in G.S. 14-27.21 through 14-27.25
- Sexual offense as defined in G.S 14-27.26 through 14-27.30
- Kidnapping as defined in G.S. 14-39
- Robbery with a dangerous weapon as defined in G.S. 14-87
- Possession of a controlled substance in violation of the law as defined in G.S. 90-86 through 90-113.8
- Possession of a weapon on campus or other educational property in violation of G.S. 14-269.2
- Bullying or harassing behavior prohibited under policies adopted under G.S. 115C-407.16
- Cyberbullying as defined in G.S. 14-458.1 and 14-458.2
- Sexual harassment as defined in G.S. 115C-335.5
- Discrimination as defined in Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. 2000d; Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. 2000e; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, 20 U.S.C. 1681-1688; Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. 12101
Affected parties
- Local Education Agencies (LEAs)
- School principals
- Department of Public Instruction
- School employees and volunteers
- Students