GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

S	1 

SENATE BILL 398

Short Title:  Ethnic  Harassment in Schools.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Martin of Guilford; Ballance, Basnight, Block, Cochrane, Conder, Daniel, Daughtry, Guy, Harris, Hunt of Durham, Hunt of Moore, Kaplan, Martin of Pitt, Marvin, Parnell, Rauch, Richardson, Speed, Tally, Walker, and Ward.
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Referred to:  Education.
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March 13, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGULATION OF ETHNIC HARASSMENT IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 115C-47 is amended by adding the following subsection at the end:
"(33)	Local boards of education shall adopt policies forbidding students and school personnel, while on school property or while participating in school activities, from engaging in violence, vandalism, threats, harassment, or intimidation based upon race, religion, or ethnicity.  These policies shall specify disciplinary measures to be taken against persons who engage in such activities.  These policies shall also establish procedures to be followed by school officials in responding to such incidents.
Local boards of eductation shall publish all the policies mandated by this subsection and make them available to all school personnel and to each student and his parent or guardian at the beginning of each school year."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.