A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to include information in the school health education program about the manner in which a parent may lawfully abandon a newborn baby with a responsible person and to direct local boards of education to ENSURE that high school students receive that information.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C‑81(e1) reads as rewritten:
"(1)	A comprehensive school health education program shall be developed and taught to pupils of the public schools of this State from kindergarten through ninth grade. This program includes age‑appropriate instruction in the following subject areas, regardless of whether this instruction is described as, or incorporated into a description of, "family life education", "family health education", "health education", "family living", "health", "healthful living curriculum", or "self‑esteem":
a.	Mental and emotional health;
b.	Drug and alcohol abuse prevention;
c.	Nutrition;
d.	Dental health;
e.	Environmental health;
f.	Family living;
g.	Consumer health;
h.	Disease control;
i.	Growth and development;
j.	First aid and emergency care, including the teaching of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and the Heimlich maneuver by using hands‑on training with mannequins so that students become proficient in order to pass a test approved by the American Heart Association, or American Red Cross;
k.	Preventing sexually transmitted diseases, including Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) virus infection, and other communicable diseases;
l.	Abstinence until marriage education; 
m.	Bicycle safety; and
n.	Information on the manner in which a parent may lawfully abandon a newborn baby with a responsible person, in accordance with G.S. 7B‑500."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 115C‑47 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"§ 115C‑47.   Powers and duties generally.
In addition to the powers and duties designated in G.S. 115C‑36, local boards of education shall have the power or duty:
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(45)	To Ensure That High School Students Receive Annual Instruction on Lawfully abandoning a Newborn Baby. – Local boards of education shall adopt policies to ensure that high school students receive instruction annually on the manner in which a parent may lawfully abandon a newborn baby with a responsible person, in accordance with G.S. 7B‑500."
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.