In July 1987, North Carolina enacted legislation to provide funds for public school construction. This document defines and describes the educational spaces needed to support a comprehensive educational program and to set minimal standards for types of spaces and for sizes of spaces. Standards, comments, and recommendations are provided for the following educational spaces: (1) school sites; (2) regular classrooms; (3) science classrooms; (4) small group rooms; (5) rooms for exceptional children; (6) arts education (music, visual arts, theatre arts, and dance); (7) vocational education; (8) media centers; (9) physical education; (10) administration; (11) commons, circulation, and entries; (12) dining room and kitchen and (13) building support areas. The appendix provides selected general statutes that relate to public school construction in the state; basic education formulas for maximum legal class size and teacher allotments; recommended minimum facilities by size of school for arts, physical, and vocational education; and the school facility standards policy of the North Carolina State Board of Education. The appendix also contains a form required from boards of education that submit plans with deviations from the standards. (MLF)