§ 116‑64. Establishmentof school.
There is hereby established,and there shall be maintained, a school for the professional training ofstudents having exceptional talent in the performing arts which shall bedefined as an educational institution of the State, to serve the students ofNorth Carolina and other states, particularly other states of the South. Theschool shall be designated the 'North Carolina School of the Arts, redesignatedeffective August 1, 2008, as the "University of North Carolina School ofthe Arts.'" (1963,c. 1116; 1971, c. 1244, s. 13; 2008‑192, s. 7.)