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\nFor the purposes of this Article, the following definitions apply:\n(1) Authority or SEAA. – The State Education Assistance Authority as created in G.S. 116-203.\n(2) Commission. – The North Carolina Principal Fellows Commission.\n(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.\n(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.\n(5) High-need school. – A public school that meets one or more of the following criteria:\na. Is a school identified under Part A of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended.\nb. Is a persistently low-achieving school, as identified by the Department of Public Instruction for purposes of federal accountability.\nc. 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

Instruction for purposes of federal accountability.\nc. 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.\nd. A high school with less than a seventy-five percent (75%) four-year cohort graduation rate.\n(6) Repealed by Session Laws 2019-60, s. 1(x), effective July 1, 2021.\n(7) Principal.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responsibility for the instructional leadership, talent management, and organizational development of the school.\n(8) Repealed by Session Laws 2019-60, s. 1(x), effective July 1, 2021.\n(9) Program. – The North Carolina Principal Fellows Program established pursuant to G.S. 116-74.44.\n(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.\n(11) School leader.

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.\n(11) School leader. – An individual employed in a school leadership role, including principal or assistant principal roles.\n(12) Student achievement. – At the whole school level, after three years of leading a school, consistent and methodologically sound measures of:\na. Student academic achievement.\nb. Aggregated individual student academic growth.\nc. 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.\n(13) Trust Fund. – The North Carolina Principal Fellows Trust Fund established pursuant to G.S. 116-74.41B. (2019-60, s. 1(l), (x); 2022-71, s. 3.4(c).)