GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION

CHAPTER 362
SENATE BILL 430

AN ACT TO AMEND THE PROCESS FOR GIVING NOTICE OF DECISIONS REGARDING EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 115C-116(a)	reads as rewritten:
"(a)	Prior Notice.–The parent, guardian, or surrogate parent of a child shall be notified promptly 
		when the local educational agency proposes to initiate or change, or refuses to initiate or change, the identification, evaluation, or educational placement of a child as a child with special needs.  The written notice shall contain a full explanation of all the procedural safeguards available to the parent, guardian, or surrogate parent including the right to review the proposed decision, and a statement offering the parent, guardian, or surrogate parent the opportunity for mediation. The local educational agency shall document that all required notices have been sent to and received by parents, guardians, or surrogate parents."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 20th day of June, 1989.