GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1987 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 630

HOUSE BILL 666

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR INSTRUCTION IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS ON THE PREVENTION OF AIDS AND OTHER COMMUNICABLE DISEASES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 115C-81 is amended by adding a new subsection (a2) to read:

"(a2)    Instruction in the prevention of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) virus infection and other communicable diseases shall be offered in the public schools and shall be conducted under guidelines to be developed by the State Board of Education emphasizing parental involvement, abstinence from sex and drugs, and other accurate and appropriate information to prevent the spread of the diseases."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 17th day of July, 1987.