Education Law in North Carolina (ELNC)

A Comprehensive Electronic Reference on Legal Issues

Affecting North Carolina Public Schools  

ELNC is a subscription-based law treatise that provides electronic access to up-to-date information about laws that affect North Carolina public schools.

ELNC was first published in 1987 by the Principals’ Executive Program, a part of the Center for School Leadership Development of the University of North Carolina, and NCSBA took over its publication in January 2008.  ELNC undergoes annual revision to reflect changes in the law.

ELNC is designed to help school officials and administrators manage the legal aspects of their schools or school systems with confidence.  ELNC subscribers simply log in to the ELNC website and find chapters on law topics varying from student issues and personnel policies to teacher tenure and religion. 

Compiled by some of North Carolina’s top education attorneys, ELNC addresses a wide range of legal issues, including the power and authority of the local board of education, constitutional rights, student searches, teacher non-renewal and dismissal, special education, cyber law, and tort law. 

ELNC includes

• A fast, powerful search engine to find multiple word entries; and

• Links to other valuable legal information available on the Internet, such as state and federal statutes and rules and helpful legal websites.