Enacts new GS 115C-81.22 requiring instructing public middle and high school students in their health class on the addictive potential of gambling and the costs and consequences of a gambling addiction. Amends the following statutes to make the requirement applicable in other types of schools (without specifying the topic be a part of health class): GS 115C-218.85 (charter schools); GS 115C-238.66 (regional schools); GS 115C-150.12C (schools for deaf and blind students); GS 116-239.8 (laboratory schools). Makes conforming changes to SL 2018-32, as amended.
Appropriates $10,000 from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction to develop standards for gambling education.
Effective July 1, 2024, and applies beginning with the 2024-25 school year.
GAMBLING EDUCATION.
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AN ACT TO REQUIRE GAMBLING ADDICTION EDUCATION TO BE PROVIDED IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.Intro. by John, Harris, Quick, Ball.
Status: Ref to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (House action) (May 6 2024)
H 1016
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