GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1987 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 791

HOUSE BILL 1270

 

AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING SCHOOL REASSIGNMENT HEARINGS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 115C-369 is amended by rewriting the fifth sentence to read:

"At the hearing the local board of education shall consider the best interest of the child, the orderly and efficient administration of the public schools, the proper administration of the school to which reassignment is requested and the instruction, health, and safety of the pupils there enrolled, and shall assign said child in accordance with such factors."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 115C-369 is amended by rewriting the fourth sentence to read:

"The local board of education may designate hearing panels composed of not less than two members of the board to hear such appeals in the name of the board of education.  The panel's recommendations shall be submitted to the board of education for final determination."

Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 12th day of August, 1987.