NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

CHAPTER 1140

HOUSE BILL 1665

AN ACT TO ALLOW CERTAIN NON-RESIDENTS TO ATTEND THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF COLUMBUS COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. Chapter 115 of the General Statutes is hereby amended by adding a new section immediately following G.S. 115-163, and immediately preceding G.S. 115-164, to be numbered G.S. 115-163.1, and to read as follows:

"§ 115-163.1  Certain non-residents permitted to attend schools. The Board of Education of Columbus County, having a boundary contiguous with that of a city or county school unit of another state, may, in its discretion, enroll pupils residing in such other contiguous school unit. Pupils so enrolled shall be otherwise qualified for admission to the public schools of this State, and shall pay an annual tuition as determined in the sole discretion of the local board of education."

Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 15th day of June, 1978.