A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to implement a recommendation of the house select committee on the education of students with disabilities to allow students placed on short‑term suspensions to take their textbooks home for the duration of the short‑term suspension and to have access to homework assignments.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C‑391(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	The principal of a school, or his delegate, shall have authority to suspend for a period of 10 days or less any student who willfully violates policies of conduct established by the local board of education. A student suspended under this subsection shall be provided all of the following:
(1)	The opportunity to take textbooks home for the duration of the suspension.
(2)	The right to inquire about homework assignments for the duration of the suspension.
(3)	The opportunity to take any quarterly, semester, or grading period examinations missed during the suspension period."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.