GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1983 SESSION
CHAPTER 647
AN ACT PERTAINING TO THE USE OF SCHOOL BUSES IN BRUNSWICK COUNTY.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Brunswick County Board of Education may permit the use of school buses to transport persons not otherwise entitled to use a bus who are enrolled in a program designed to educate persons with special needs if the program is sponsored by Brunswick Technical College or Southeastern Mental Health Center in conjunction with the Brunswick County Schools. The cooperative program must share a common instructional facility in order for any person not enrolled in the public school system to be eligible for transportation as herein provided.
The Brunswick County Board of Education may permit the use and operation of buses as allowed by this act under rules and regulations they adopt.
For purposes of this act, a person with special needs is defined as any person who is mentally retarded or emotionally handicapped, without regard to age.
Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 30th day of June, 1983.