A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to direct the state board of education TO REQUIRE ONE ARTS EDUCATION CREDIT prior to GRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The State Board of Education shall modify the State curriculum requirements to include one required credit in arts education to be completed by each student prior to high school graduation at any time in grades six through 12.
The State Board of Education shall implement this arts education requirement beginning with students entering the sixth grade in 2018.
SECTION 2.  The State Board of Education shall:
(1)	Establish procedures and a time line for a phased‑in implementation of the arts education requirement.
(2)	Establish the minimum criteria to meet the arts education requirement.
(3)	By December 15, 2018, report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee on the statewide implementation of Comprehensive Arts Education including the requirement set forth in this act.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.