Bill Summary for H 118 (2021-2022)

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Feb 17 2021

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House Bill 118 (Local) Filed Wednesday, February 17, 2021
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT SIX MEMBERS OF THE BUNCOMBE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION BE ELECTED BY ELIGIBLE VOTERS FROM THE DISTRICT THOSE MEMBERS REPRESENT.
Intro. by Willis, Arp, Brody.

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Includes whereas clauses. Limits the scope of the act to Union County only. Requires all public and nonpublic high schools to limit the number of spectators at outdoor sporting events for the remainder of the scheduled 2020-21 school year, as follows. Defines spectator to exclude athletes, school employees, entertainers, and event support staff. Caps spectators at 50% capacity of an outdoor facility's approved occupancy capacity under the fire code, or no more than seven persons for every 1,000 feet for those without an approved occupancy capacity. Requires high schools to comply with the requirements of the StrongSchoolsNC Public Health Toolkit as it existed on February 2, 2021, and the Interim Guidance for Administrators and Participants of Youth and Amateur Sports Programs as it existed on January 28, 2021, in allowing access to outdoor sporting facilities so long as the requirements are consistent with the act's provisions. Does not prohibit a school's implementation of stricter access to outdoor sporting events at that school.