NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 487

HOUSE BILL 536

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ESTABLISH A PROGRAM OF INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION FOR CHILDREN IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  G.S. 115-198 is hereby amended by adding the following sentence immediately after the first sentence ending on line 4:

"In the course of study adopted by the State Board, the Board may establish a program of continuous learning based upon the individual child's need, interest, and stages of development, so that the program has a non-graded structure of organization."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 115-37 is hereby amended by adding the following sentence at the end thereof:

"Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit city or county boards of education from operating a non-graded system in which pupils are taught at their individual learning levels."

Sec. 3.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4.  This Act shall be in full force and effect upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 14th day of May 1969.