Bill Summary for S 64 (2017-2018)

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Feb 8 2017

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View NCGA Bill Details2017-2018 Session
Senate Bill 64 (Public) Filed Wednesday, February 8, 2017
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH VETERANS' HISTORY AWARENESS MONTH IN NOVEMBER.
Intro. by D. Davis, Barefoot, Brown.

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Amends GS 115C-84.2(b)(4), which establishes Veterans Day as a holiday for all public school personnel and students, to additionally designate November as "Veterans' History Awareness Month."

Amends GS 115C-12 to expand the duties of the State Board of Education to include the duty to develop recommended programs for use in schools during Veterans' History Awareness Month. Provides that recommended programs can be integrated into lesson plans, and can include veteran participation and veteran sponsorship in the form of an Adopt-A-Veteran program. Encourages schools to collaborate with veterans and veteran service organizations during Veterans' History Awareness Month to designate time for appropriate commemorative activities. 

Applies beginning with the 2017-18 school year.