A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to ensure that acts of violence in schools are reported to the local superintendent or the superintendent's designee.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C‑288(g) reads as rewritten:
"(g)	To Report Certain Acts to Law Enforcement. – When the principal has personal knowledge or actual notice from school personnel that an act has occurred on school property involving assault resulting in serious personal injury, sexual assault, sexual offense, rape, kidnapping, indecent liberties with a minor, assault involving the use of a weapon, possession of a firearm in violation of the law, possession of a weapon in violation of the law, or possession of a controlled substance in violation of the law, the principal shall immediately report the act to the appropriate local law enforcement agency. Failure to report under this subsection is a Class 3 misdemeanor. For purposes of this subsection, "school property" shall include any public school building, bus, public school campus, grounds, recreational area, or athletic field, in the charge of the principal. Within two business days of making the report to law enforcement under this subsection, the principal shall notify the superintendent or the superintendent's designee in writing or by electronic mail. The superintendent shall provide the information to the local board."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.