GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2011
H 1
HOUSE BILL 744
Short Title: Safe Students Act. |
(Public) |
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Sponsors: |
Representatives Folwell, R. Brown, Hastings, and Torbett (Primary Sponsors). For a complete list of Sponsors, see Bill Information on the NCGA Web Site. |
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Referred to: |
Education. |
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April 7, 2011
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to enact the safe students act.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the "Safe Students Act."
SECTION 2. G.S. 115C-364(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c) The initial point
of entry into the public school system shall be at the kindergarten level. If
the principal of a school finds as fact subsequent to initial entry that a
child, by reason of maturity can be more appropriately served in the first
grade rather than in kindergarten, the principal may act under G.S. 115C-288
to implement this educational decision without regard to chronological age. The
principal of any public school may shall require the parent or
guardian of any child presented for admission for the first time to that school
to furnish (i) a certified copy of the child's birth certificate, which
shall be furnished by the register of deeds of the county having on file the
record of the birth of the child, or other satisfactory evidence of date of birthbirth,
as provided in Article 4 of Chapter 130A of the General Statutes and (ii) a
certificate of immunization as required by G.S. 130A-155."
SECTION 3. G.S. 130A-109 reads as rewritten:
"§ 130A-109. Birth certificate as evidence.
Certified copies of birth certificates shall be accepted by
public school authorities in this State as prima facie evidence of the age of
children registering for school attendance, and no other proof shall be
required. In addition, certified copies of birth certificates shall be required
by all factory inspectors and employers of youthful labor, as prima facie proof
of age, and no other proof shall be required. However, when it is not possible
to secure a certified copy of a birth certificate, school authorities, factory
inspectors and employers may accept as secondary proof of age any competent
evidence by which the age of persons is usually established.established;
school authorities may accept as secondary proof of age a certified copy of any
medical record of the child's birth issued by the treating physician or the
hospital in which the child was born or a certified copy of a birth certificate
issued by a church, mosque, temple, or other religious institution that
maintains birth records of its members."
SECTION 4. G.S. 115C-366 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(g1) When a child first enrolls in or transfers into the public schools of a local school administrative unit, the principal of the school to which the child is assigned shall require the parent to state whether the child is a citizen or a national of the United States, and if the child is not, the immigration status of the child. This information shall be used only for fiscal analysis and shall not be used to deny admission to a child who is a domiciliary of the local school administrative unit."
SECTION 5. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with the 2011-2012 school year.