A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to implement a recommendation of the House Select committee on the Education of Students with Disabilities to clarify the definition of residence for the delivery of special education services.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C‑106.3 is amended by adding the following new subdivision to read:
"(18a)	'Residence' or 'reside' means the local educational agency in which the child with disabilities lives and is qualified for admission under G.S. 115C‑366 except for the age requirements of that section.  This definition shall not apply to children with disabilities who were enrolled in a particular local educational agency on the last day of school for the 2006‑2007 school year for as long as they live within and are continuously enrolled in that local educational agency."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.