AMERICAN INDIANS GRADUATING WITH HONORS ACT.

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View NCGA Bill Details2023-2024 Session
Senate Bill 139 (Public) Filed Tuesday, February 21, 2023
AN ACT TO ALLOW AMERICAN INDIAN STUDENTS TO WEAR CULTURAL OBJECTS AT PUBLIC SCHOOL GRADUATION CEREMONIES.
Intro. by Britt, McInnis, Perry.

Status: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate (Senate action) (Feb 22 2023)

Bill History:

S 139

Bill Summaries:

  • Summary date: Feb 21 2023 - View Summary

    Identical to H 166, filed 2/21/23.

    Renames the title of Article 29D of GS Chapter 115C to Religious Activity and Cultural Expression (currently, titled as Student Prayer and Religious Activity). Enacts new GS 115C-407.40, governing cultural expression at graduation ceremonies, as follows. Requires that any student who is, or is eligible to be, enrolled a member of a State or federally recognized Native American tribe be permitted to wear objects of cultural significance as part of the student's regalia at any graduation ceremony for a school within a public school unit in which the student is a graduating participant. Specifies that an object of cultural significance includes bird feathers and plumes.