A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to require the inclusion of personal finance and parenthood training in North Carolina's middle‑school curriculum, as recommended by the joint legislative study commission on poverty reduction and economic recovery.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C‑81(e1)(1) reads as rewritten:
"(1)	A comprehensive school health education program shall be developed and taught to pupils of the public schools of this State from kindergarten through ninth grade. This program includes age‑appropriate instruction in the following subject areas, regardless of whether this instruction is described as, or incorporated into a description of, "family life education", "family health education", "health education", "family living", "health", "healthful living curriculum", or "self‑esteem":
a.	Mental and emotional health;
b.	Drug and alcohol abuse prevention;
c.	Nutrition;
d.	Dental health;
e.	Environmental health;
f.	Family  living, which in the middle schools shall include training for parenthood, both fathers and mothers;
g.	Consumer health; which in the middle schools shall include training in personal finance.
h.	Disease control;
i.	Growth and development;
j.	First aid and emergency care, including the teaching of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and the Heimlich maneuver by using hands‑on training with mannequins so that students become proficient in order to pass a test approved by the American Heart Association, or American Red Cross;
k.	Preventing sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS, and other communicable diseases;
l. 	Reproductive health and safety education; and
m.	Bicycle safety.
As used in this subsection, "HIV/AIDS" means Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome."
SECTION 2.  The Department of Public Instruction and the Department of Health and Human Services shall cooperate in the development of curricula to implement Section 1 of this act.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law. Section 1 of this act shall be implemented by the beginning of the 2012‑2013 school year.