NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 1230

SENATE BILL 722

AN ACT DIRECTING THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF COMMENCING A PROGRAM TO TRAIN TEACHERS SO THAT THEY WILL BE PROPERLY PREPARED TO INSTRUCT AND CONDUCT COURSES IN ECONOMICS AND THE FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM, AND INTRODUCING INTO THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CURRICULUM COURSES OF INSTRUCTION IN ECONOMICS AND THE FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM.

WHEREAS, the Free Enterprise System is the strong foundation of our cherished system of government; and

WHEREAS, the Free Enterprise System has caused our State and Nation to become the strongest and most prosperous in the history of the world; and

WHEREAS, the United States of America is the last stronghold of our free and democratic system of government; and

WHEREAS, our freedom and system of government are constantly under attack by enemies dedicated to its destruction; and

WHEREAS, it is imperative that the future citizens of America completely understand our Free Enterprise System; and

WHEREAS, high school and college students are not being taught the fundamentals of our Free Enterprise System; and

WHEREAS, high school students in North Carolina are not receiving instruction in the Free Enterprise System and less than five percent (5%) of high school graduates in America have had any instruction in Economics; and

WHEREAS, through a survey students indicated that sixty-one percent (61%) understood that the profit incentive is not needed for our system, and eighty-two percent (82%) believed that under our system we have practically no competition in business; and

WHEREAS, the North Carolina Public School System is training the future leaders and citizens of our State and Nation; and

WHEREAS, the continued survival, prosperity, development and strength of the individual and nation demand that the Free Enterprise System and Economics be taught in our public schools by properly trained instructors;

NOW, THEREFORE,

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  The State Board of Education is directed to immediately study the need for, and is authorized to formulate plans for, the introduction into the curriculum of the Public School System courses of study in the Free Enterprise System and Economics and the basic economic philosophy of this State and Nation, and shall also study the need for, and is authorized to formulate plans for, the necessary action required to train teachers qualified to teach and instruct such courses in our public schools.

Sec. 2.  In conducting this study, and in formulating and carrying out plans, the State Board of Education may use all State personnel and facilities reasonably required, and is hereby authorized to accept gifts and services from foundations, private individuals, and other sources in carrying out the provisions of this Resolution.

Sec. 3.  The State Board of Education shall make a report of the results of its study and the recommendations to the Governor by July 1, 1970, and to the General Assembly by January 1, 1971.

Sec. 4.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 5.  This Act shall be in full force and effect upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 2nd day of July, 1969.