PARENT'S CONSENT REQUIRED TO QUIT SCHOOL.

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View NCGA Bill Details2013-2014 Session
Senate Bill 313 (Public) Filed Wednesday, March 13, 2013
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE PARENT'S CONSENT BEFORE A CHILD DROPS OUT OF SCHOOL.
Intro. by Parmon, Robinson.

Status: Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education (Senate Action) (Mar 14 2013)

Bill History:

S 313

Bill Summaries:

  • Summary date: Mar 13 2013 - View Summary

    Identical to H 235, filed 3/6/13.

    Amends GS 115C-378 as the title indicates. Requires a parent, guardian, or custodian of a child between the ages of 7 and 18 years (was, 7 and 16 years) to ensure that the child continuously attends school as assigned unless the child graduates from high school or drops out of school under new subsection (a1) to GS 115C-378.

    New subsection (a1) provides the criteria that must be met before a child between 16 and 18 years old may drop out of school. Requires that the child and the child's parent, custodian, or guardian attend a final counseling session where a written statement encouraging the child to stay in school is presented and signed by the child and the child's parent, guardian, or custodian. Prescribes that the statement must also include information on (1) the academic skills that the child has not yet acquired, (2) the difference in earning power between a high school graduate and a high school dropout, and (3) the educational alternatives available to the child.

    Makes conforming changes to GS 115C-238.66(3) and GS 116-235(b)(2).

    Amends the definition for undisciplined juvenile in GS 7B-1501(27) and GS 143B-805(20). Provides that an undisciplined juvenile includes a person 16 or 17 years of age who has not dropped out of school in accordance with GS 115C-378(a1), is unlawfully absent from school, and meets one or more of the criteria for the definition of undisciplined juvenile under current law.

    Effective when the act becomes law and applies beginning with the 2013-14 school year.