GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2011
H 2
HOUSE BILL 744
Committee Substitute Favorable 6/7/11
Short Title: Safe Students Act. |
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April 7, 2011
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to enact the safe students act.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the "Safe Students Act."
SECTION 2. G.S. 115C-364(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c) The initial
point of entry into the public school system shall be at the kindergarten
level. If the principal of a school finds as fact subsequent to initial entry
that a child, by reason of maturity can be more appropriately served in the
first grade rather than in kindergarten, the principal may act under
G.S. 115C-288 to implement this educational decision without regard to
chronological age. The principal of any public school may shall require
the parent or guardian of any child presented for admission for the first time
to that school to furnish (i) a certified copy of the child's birth
certificate, which shall be furnished by the register of deeds of the county
having on file the record of the birth of the child, or other satisfactory
evidence of date of birthbirth, as provided in Article 4 of Chapter
130A of the General Statutes and (ii) a certificate of immunization as required
by G.S. 130A-155."
SECTION 3. G.S. 130A-109 reads as rewritten:
"§ 130A-109. Birth certificate as evidence.
Certified copies of birth certificates shall be accepted by
public school authorities in this State as prima facie evidence of the age of children
registering for school attendance, and no other proof shall be required. In
addition, certified copies of birth certificates shall be required by all
factory inspectors and employers of youthful labor, as prima facie proof of
age, and no other proof shall be required. However, when it is not possible to
secure a certified copy of a birth certificate, school authorities, factory
inspectors and employers may accept as secondary proof of age any competent
evidence by which the age of persons is usually established.established;
school authorities may accept as secondary proof of age a certified copy of any
medical record of the child's birth issued by the treating physician or the
hospital in which the child was born or a certified copy of a birth certificate
issued by a church, mosque, temple, or other religious institution that
maintains birth records of its members."
SECTION 4. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with the 2011-2012 school year.