GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
H	3
HOUSE BILL 195
Committee Substitute Favorable 3/14/01
Third Edition Engrossed 3/20/01 

Short Title:	N.C. History Taught in Grades 4 and 8.	()	
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Referred to:	     	
February 21, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE A YEARLONG COURSE OF INSTRUCTION ON NORTH CAROLINA HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY TO ALL FOURTH- AND EIGHTH-GRADE STUDENTS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C‑81 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(b1)	Both the standard course of study and the Basic Education Program shall include the requirement that the public schools provide a yearlong course of instruction on North Carolina history and geography to all students in the fourth grade and all students in the eighth grade. Said course of instruction shall include contributions to the history and geography of the State by the racial and ethnic groups that have contributed to the diversity of the State. The course at each grade level may include up to four weeks of instruction relating to the local area in which the students reside."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to all school years beginning with the 2001‑2002 school year.