NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

CHAPTER 1137

HOUSE BILL 1714

AN ACT TO AMEND GENERAL STATUTE 115-36 TO PERMIT LOCAL BOARDS OF EDUCATION TO INCLUDE PUPILS ATTENDING KINDERGARTEN AND THIRD GRADE IN RULES AND REGULATIONS COUNTY AND CITY BOARDS MAY ADOPT CONCERNING THE LENGTH OF THE SCHOOL DAY FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN, FIRST AND SECOND GRADES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  General Statute 115-36 is amended by rewriting the second part of the first sentence so that the same shall read as follows:

"Provided, the several county and city boards of education may adopt rules and regulations allowing handicapped pupils, kindergarten pupils, and pupils attending the first, second, and third grades to attend school for a period less than six hours."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 3rd day of April, 1974.