NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1977 SESSION
CHAPTER 830
HOUSE BILL 1038
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO TRANSPORT CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS TO APPROVED SCHOOL PROGRAMS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 115-11.2(a) is amended by adding a new sentence at the end thereof to read as follows:
"Such transportation also may be provided for nonresidential students to and from the nearest appropriate private school having a special education program approved by the State Board of Education if the children to be transported are or have been placed in that program by the State or by a city or county or city-county school administrative unit as a result of the State or the unit's duty to provide such children with a free appropriate public education."
Sec. 2. G.S. 115-183(1) is amended by adding a new sentence at the end thereof to read as follows:
"And provided further that children with special needs may be transported to and from the nearest appropriate private school having a special education program approved by the State Board of Education if the children to be transported are or have been placed in that program by a city or county or city-county school administrative unit as a result of the State or the unit's duty to provide such children with a free appropriate public education."
Sec. 3. G.S. 115-183(5) is amended by adding a new paragraph at the end thereof to read as follows:
"Children with special needs may be transported to and from the nearest appropriate private school having a special education program approved by the State Board of Education if the children to be transported are or have been placed in that program by a city or county or city-county school administrative unit as a result of the State or the unit's duty to provide such children with a free appropriate public education."
Sec. 4. This act shall become effective on July 1, 1977.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 30th day of June, 1977.