Repeals GS 115C-81, GS 115C-81.1, GS 115C-81.3, and GS 115C-81.4, all concerning the Basic Education Program for North Carolina's public schools, and recodifies them in the following new statutes, GS 115C-81.5 (Standard Course of Study), GS 115C-81.10 (Career and Technical Education), GS 115C-81.15 (Conflict Resolution and Mediation Models), GS 115C-81.20 (Alcohol and Drug Use Prevention Education), GS 115C-81.25 (Health Education), GS 115C-81.30 (Reproductive Health and Safety Education Provided by Local School Administrative Units), GS 115C-81.35 (Honors-Level Courses in Healthful Living Education), GS 115C-81.40 (North Carolina History and Geography), GS 115C-81.45 (Classes Conducted in English; Citizenship; and Civic Literacy), GS 115C-81.50 (Student Councils), GS 115C-81.55 (Current Events), GS 115C-81.60 (Character Education), GS 115C-81.65 (Financial Literacy), GS 115C-81.70 (Disability History and Awareness), GS 115C-81.75 (Cursive Writing), GS 115C-81.80 (Multiplication Tables), and GS 115C-81.85 (Instruction in American Sign Language). Also recodifies portions of the repealed statutes into the existing GS 115C-47, concerning the powers and duties of local boards of education. Makes technical, organizational, and clarifying changes to the recodified statutes. Deletes any occurence and focus on the "Basic Education Plan" in favor of a "Standard Course of Study." Makes conforming changes regarding the change. Deletes and does not recodify language found in GS 115C-81(a) concerning funding of the Basic Education Program as well as language found in GS 115C-81(b) concerning course requirements and content of the Basic Education Program. Repeals GS 115C-12(9)c and GS 115C-47(12), both concerning the duties and authority of the State Board of Education and local boards to implement the Basic Education Program. Also repeals GS 120-70-81(a)(2), which authorized the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee to examine the Basic Education Plan. Enacts new GS 115C-12(9d) clarifying and organizing the NC Board of Education's authority to develop exit standards and graduation requirements. Makes further conforming changes to GS 115C-105.26(b)(2) and GS 115C-174.11(a), making language consistent with the change to a "standard course of study."
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Amends GS 18C-133 to provide that the name and address of a lottery prize winner is confidential except in one of the following circumstances: (1) the winner consents to the release or (2) to the extent required to notify the Department of Revenue to comply with 18C-133(l), to notify the IRS, to notify the tax authorities of the state of residence of the winner, to comply with the debt set-off program, or to comply with laws concerning supplemental proceedings against a judgment debtor.
Effective July 1, 2015.
| Intro. by Jackson. | GS 18C |
Amends GS 20-17.8(b), requiring, as a condition of restoration of a driver's license to a person convicted of driving while impaired, the installation of an approved ignition interlock system to prohibit the person from driving with an alcohol concentration of 0.00 or greater (was, 0.04 or greater) providing that the interlock ignition system was required because the convicted person had an alcohol concentration of 0.15.
Amends GS 20-19(c3), requiring, as a condition for the first restoration of a driver's license for a person convicted of driving while impaired or a license revoked under GS 20-23 or GS 20-23.2, that the person not operate a vehicle if the person has an alcohol concentration of 0.00 or more (was, 0.04) at any relevant time after the driving.
Effective December 1, 2015, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.
| Intro. by Jackson. | GS 20 |
Amends GS 20-138.5(a) to provide that a person commits habitual impaired driving if the person drives while impaired and has been convicted of two (rather than three) or more offenses involving impaired driving within 10 years of the offense. Applies to offenses committed on or after December 1, 2015.
| Intro. by Jackson. | GS 20 |
Appropriates $185,962 in 2015-16 and $176,825 in 2016-17 from the General Fund to the Judicial Department to fund an additional district court judgeship in District 10. Directs the Governor to appoint the additional district court judge, who will address driving while impaired offenses to the fullest extent possible; the judge's successor will be elected to a four-year term in the 2016 election. Makes a conforming change to GS 7A-133(a) (listing district court judges by district). Appropriates $116,084 in 2015-16 and $112,963 in 2016-17 from the General Fund to the Judicial Department to fund an additional assistant district attorney in District 10, who will address driving while impaired offenses to the fullest extent possible. Makes a conforming change to GS 7A-60(a1) (listing ADAs by district). Effective July 1, 2015.
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As title indicates.
| Intro. by Apodaca. | SENATE RES |
Includes various whereas clauses concerning appointments to the Board of Review (Board) of the Division of Employment Security of the Department of Commerce. Confirms the appointment of Keith Holliday to the Board as the member representing employers, with a term beginning on December 6, 2013.
| Intro. by Rucho. | JOINT RES |
Includes various whereas clauses concerning appointments to the Board of Review (Board) of the Division of Employment Security of the Department of Commerce. Confirms the appointment of Stanley Campbell to the Board as the member representing employees, with a term beginning on December 6, 2013.
| Intro. by Rucho. | JOINT RES |
Includes various whereas clauses concerning appointments to the Board of Review (Board) of the Division of Employment Security of the Department of Commerce. Confirms the appointment of Jeanette Doran to the Board as the member representing the general public, with a term beginning on December 6, 2013.
| Intro. by Rucho. | JOINT RES |
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Amends GS 115C-84 to allow the local boards of education for Caswell, Rockingham, and Stokes County schools to give a student an excused absence for days on which a student is absent before September 1 due to a family vacation, and give the student the opportunity to make up any tests or other missed work. Also provides that the local board is to determine the dates of opening and closing the public schools, deleting other specified date parameters. Applies beginning with the 2015-16 school year.
| Intro. by Jones, Holloway. | Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, GS 115C |
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Actions on Bills: 2015-01-29
H 4: CLARIFY UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM LAW.
H 5: MILITARY VETERANS SPECIAL PLATE.
H 6: AUTOCYCLE DEFINITION AND REGULATION.
H 7: AMEND FIREARM RESTORATION LAW.
H 8: COURT OF APPEALS ELECTION MODIFICATIONS (NEW).
H 9: RESTORE SCHOOL CALENDAR EDUC. PURPOSE WAIVER.
H 10: CORRECTION ENTERPRISES/MEDICAID SALES.
H 13: AMEND SCHOOL HEALTH ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENT.
H 14: START-UPS ACT/NEW MARKETS TAX CREDIT.
H 15: EDUC. SOFTWARE/SWD TUITION (NEW).
H 16: REPEAL OUTDATED REPORTS.-AB
H 18: CONTINUING BUDGET AUTHORITY (NEW).
H 19: MODIFY DEFINITION OF FIREFIGHTER. (NEW)
H 20: RURAL ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ACT (NEW)
H 29: TECHNICAL CHANGES TO COURSES OF STUDY STATUTE.
H 30: NAME/ADDRESS OF LOTTERY WINNER CONFIDENTIAL.
H 31: 0.00 ALCOHOL RESTRICTION-ALL DWI.
H 32: AMEND HABITUAL DWI.
H 33: NEW JUDGE/ADA WAKE COUNTY.
S 4: STATE OF THE STATE.
S 9: ADD IT COMMITTEE.
S 11: CONFIRM BOARD OF REVIEW/HOLLIDAY.
S 12: CONFIRM BOARD OF REVIEW/CAMPBELL.
S 13: CONFIRM BOARD OF REVIEW/DORAN.
Actions on Bills: 2015-01-29
H 11: MT. GILEAD CHARTER REVISION & CONSOLIDATION.
H 12: AMEND GASTON FOSTER CARE OMBUDSMAN PROG.
H 34: SCHOOL CALENDAR FLEXIBILITY/CERTAIN COUNTIES.
S 10: 46TH SENATORIAL DISTRICT LOCAL ACT-1.
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