AN ACT to make veterans day a holiday for school personnel.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C‑84.2(b)(4) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Limitations. – The following limitations apply when developing the school calendar:
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(4)	Veterans Day shall be a holiday for all public school personnel and for all students enrolled in the public schools."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to all school years beginning with the 2005-2006 school year.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 27th day of May, 2003.

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		 Marc Basnight
	 President Pro Tempore of the Senate

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		 Richard T. Morgan
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

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		 Michael F. Easley
	 Governor

Approved __________.m. this ______________ day of ___________________, 2003