A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to ensure that parents receive actual notice of a student's expulsion or suspension from school.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C‑391(d5) reads as rewritten:
"(d5)	When a student is expelled or suspended, the local board shall give notice to the student's parent or guardian by certified mail, telephone, telefax, e‑mail, or any other method that achieves actual notice of the student's rights under this section. If English is the second language of the parent or guardian, the notice shall be by certified mail and shall be written in the parent or guardian's first language when the appropriate foreign language resources are readily available and in English, and both versions shall be in plain language and shall be easily understandable."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with the 2007‑2008 school year.