A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to define parenting education under the laws pertaining to family law.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Chapter 50 of the General Statutes is amended by adding the following new Article to read:
"Article 6.
"Parenting Education.
"§ 50‑105.  Parenting education.
Wherever used or required pursuant to this Chapter, the following terms shall mean:
(1)	Parenting education. –  An organized, programmatic effort that is strengths‑based and designed to support parents and other parenting partners while enhancing the parents or parenting partners' competence and confidence to improve child‑rearing knowledge and skills, which may decrease child maltreatment, substance use and abuse in families and communities, and increase child resilience and school performance. Parenting education takes place within a variety of contexts, varies in duration and intensity, and is delivered independently or in collaboration with other support services by qualified parenting educators.
(2)	Parenting educator. – A person who has been certified or credentialed by the North Carolina Parenting Education Network as having met both the experience and education requirements to provide parenting education."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.