GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2013

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HOUSE BILL 230*

 

 

Short Title:        Amend Law Defining Home Schools.

(Public)

Sponsors:

Representatives Malone, Martin, Brody, and Samuelson (Primary Sponsors).

For a complete list of Sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly Web Site.

Referred to:

Education.

March 7, 2013

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to amend the law defining home schools.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C-563 reads as rewritten:

"§ 115C-563.  Definitions.

As used in this Part or Parts 1 and 2 of this section:Article:

(a)        "Home school" means a nonpublic school in which one or more consisting of the children of not more than two families or households receive academic instruction from parents or legal guardians, or a member of either household.households, where the parents or legal guardians or members of either household determine the scope and sequence of academic instruction, provide academic instruction, and determine additional sources of academic instruction.

(b)        "Duly authorized representative of the State" means the Director, Division of Nonpublic Education, or his staff."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with the 2013-2014 school year.