North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 115C. Elementary and Secondary Education § 115C-316.5. School health personnel allotment

(1) School health personnel positions are allocated on the basis of average daily membership.

(2) Each local school administrative unit receives sufficient funding for at least one school psychologist position.

(3) Local school administrative units are encouraged to fill positions under this allotment with full-time, permanent employees.  If the local school administrative unit is unable to fill these positions by hiring a full-time, permanent employee, the allocation for the position may be converted to a dollar equivalent for the unit to contract with a third party to provide the relevant services for an amount of hours equivalent to the hours a full-time position employee would provide.