A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to modify the duties of the State advisory council on indian education.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C‑210.4 reads as rewritten:
"§ 115C‑210.4.  Duties of the Council.
It shall be the duty of the Advisory Council:
(1)	To review annually relevant data on Indian students using reports made available to the Council by the Department of Public Instruction. The review shall include, but not be limited to, data on academic performance, growth, suspension and expulsion events, dropouts, and graduation rates.(2a)	To advise the State Board of Education in an annual presentation on ways to meet the educational needs of Indian students more effectively.
(2)	To advocate for meaningful programs to reduce and eventually eliminate low achievement and concurrent high attrition rates among American Indian students.
	(4)	To work closely with the Department of Public Instruction to improve coordination and communication between and among programs.
(5)	To advise the State Board of Education on any other aspect of Indian education when requested by the State Board to do so."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.