Titles the act as the "North Carolina Healthy Schools Act of 2017."

Enacts new GS Chapter 115C, Article 17A (Healthy Schools), as follows.

New GS 115C-270.1 specifies three legislative findings regarding exposure to indoor pollutants and chemicals in schools.

New GS 115C-270.2 requires elementary and secondary public schools, including charter schools, and elementary and secondary nonpublic schools with 50 or more students, to establish a green cleaning policy and to exclusively purchase and use environmentally sensitive cleaning products in accordance with policy developed as described below, when doing so would not result in an increase in the cleaning costs to the school. If doing so would increase costs, requires the school to provide annual written notice to the Department of Public Instruction until such time that it would not increase costs.

New GS 115C-270.3 directs the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Public Instruction, the State Board of Education, and a panel of interested stakeholders as specified, to establish and annually amend guidelines and specifications for healthy and environmentally sensitive cleaning and maintenance products for use in school facilities. Provides requirements and options for the guidelines. Requires the guidelines to be posted on the Department of Public Instruction website.

New GS 115C-270.4 directs the Department of Public Instruction to provide each local board of education, charter schools, and elementary or secondary nonpublic schools with 50 or more students in this state with the completed guidelines and specifications, and any updates to them. Directs local boards of education to disseminate the guidelines to the schools in their jurisdictions. Directs local boards of education, the Department of Public Instruction, and the Division of Nonpublic Education to provide ongoing assistance to schools to fulfill this Article.

New GS 115C-270.5 directs the State Board of Education to adopt rules to implement this Article.

Makes a conforming change to GS 115C-218.75.

Enacts new GS 115C-566.5, consistent with new GS Chapter 115C, Article 17A, requirements for nonpublic schools.

Provides that schools may deplete the existing cleaning and maintenance supply stocks and implement the new requirements in the following school year.

Directs the Department of Public Instruction to establish initial guidelines and specifications after a review and evaluation of existing research to be completed no later than 180 days after the effective date of this act.

Does not appropriate state funds.

Applies beginning with the 2017-18 school year.