GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
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HOUSE BILL 823
     

 
Short Title:	Nonpublic School Students in School Activities.	()	
Sponsors:	Representatives Decker;  Barbee, Barnhart, Blust, Bowie, Cansler, Capps, Carpenter, Davis, Dockham, Eddins, Ellis, Esposito, Gibson, Gillespie, Harrington, Hiatt, Hilton, Howard, Johnson, Justus, Kiser, McComas, McCombs, Miner, Morris, Nye, Preston, Russell, Setzer, Sexton, Shubert, Smith, Starnes, Walend, Walker, Warwick, Weatherly, West, C. Wilson, and G. Wilson.	
Referred to:	Education.	
March 27, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to permit private school and home school students to engage in extracurricular activitIes at public schools.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C‑47(4) reads as rewritten:
"§ 115C‑47.  Powers and duties generally.
In addition to the powers and duties designaed in G.S. 115C‑36, local boards of education shall have the power or duty:
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(4)	To Regulate Extracurricular Activities. – Local boards of education shall make all rules and regulations necessary for the conducting of extracurricular activities in the schools under their supervision, including a program of athletics, where desired, without assuming liability therefor; provided, that all interscholastic athletic activities shall be conducted in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by the State Board of Education. Local boards of education may adopt rules permitting students enrolled in nonpublic schools and students enrolled in home schools to participate in public school extracurricular activities that are otherwise unavailable to them, at the cost of the students' parents and on a space available basis.
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SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with the 2001‑2002 school year.