A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to require acceptance of cash for admission to high school interscholastic athletic activities.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C‑407.55 reads as rewritten:
"§ 115C‑407.55.  Rules for high school interscholastic athletic activities.
The State Board of Education shall adopt rules governing high school interscholastic athletic activities conducted by public school units that include the following:
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(10)	Entry rules. – These rules shall establish requirements related to fees charged to any student or member of the public to attend any interscholastic athletic activity. As a minimum, the rules shall require that when an admission fee is charged to an interscholastic athletic activity, cash shall be accepted as a form of payment for admissions at the time of the event."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with the 2023‑2024 school year.