GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
S	1
SENATE BILL 939
     

 
Short Title:	Moral, Ethical, and Virtuous Education.	()	
Sponsors:	Senators Odom;  Albertson, Allran, Berger, Bingham, Carpenter, Carrington, Dalton, Forrester, Foxx, Garwood, Gulley, Hartsell, Horton, Hoyle, Jordan, Kerr, Lee, Lucas, Metcalf, Moore, Plyler, Purcell, Reeves, Robinson, Rucho, Shaw of Guilford, Soles, Webster, Weinstein, and Wellons.	
Referred to:	Education/Higher Education.	
April 5, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE LOCAL BOARDS OF EDUCATION TO HAVE MATERIALS POSTED TO EDUCATE STUDENTS ABOUT THE MORAL, ETHICAL, AND VIRTUOUS PRINCIPLES OF THE WORLD'S RELIGIONS AND THE GREAT PHILOSOPHERS OF CIVILIZATION.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C‑47 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(39)	To have materials posted in designated classrooms to educate students about moral, ethical, and virtuous principles. – Each local board of education may adopt a policy to require the posting, in designated classrooms or places, of information, tenets, principles, or teachings from the world's religions and from the great philosophers of civilization that will serve to educate students about moral, ethical, and virtuous principles. The policy shall specify the specific materials that may be posted at each grade level. These materials may contain tenets or basic principles of the Christian, Jewish, Islamic, Hindu, or Buddhist religions, other major religions and philosophies, and may include, by way of illustration and not limitation, the Ten Commandments and the Torah. These materials must include principles from several religions and philosophies. These materials are encouraged to promote (i) honesty; (ii) morality; (iii) courtesy; (iv) the dignity and necessity of honest labor; (v) principles that tend to promote and develop an upright and desirable citizenry; (vi) respect for others; (vii) kindness; (viii) responsibility for one's acts; (ix) perseverance; and (x) respect for human life.
Funds appropriated for instructional supplies and equipment may be used to provide the materials posted."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.