GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

S	1 

SENATE BILL 728

Short Title:  School Suspension Law Change.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Cochrane and Smith.
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Referred to:  Judiciary I.
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April 7, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CARRY SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS FOR ACTS CAUSING INJURY OVER TO THE SUBSEQUENT SCHOOL YEAR.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 115C-391(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	The principal of a school, with the prior approval of the superintendent, shall have the authority to suspend for periods of times in excess of 10 school days any pupil who willfully violates the policies of conduct established by the local board of education. The suspension shall not exceed the time remaining in the school year unless the pupil was suspended for inflicting bodily injury on another pupil or on an employee.  If the pupil was suspended for inflicting bodily injury, the principal, with the prior approval of the superintendent, may suspend the pupil for a period of time that carries over into the next school year.  The pupil or his parents may appeal the decision of the principal to the local board of education."
Sec. 2.  This act applies only to suspensions resulting from inflictions of bodily injury occurring on or after the date of ratification of this act.