NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 678

HOUSE BILL 522

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 115-36(a) RELATING TO THE LENGTH OF A SCHOOL DAY IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  G.S. 115-36(a), as it appears in Volume 3A, 1966 Replacement, of the General Statutes of North Carolina, is amended by rewriting said Section so that the same shall hereafter read as follows:

"115-36(a) School Day. — The length of the school day shall be determined by the several county and city boards of education for all public schools in their respective administrative units, and the minimum time for which teachers shall be employed in the schoolroom or on the grounds supervising the activities of children shall not be less than six hours: Provided, the several county and city boards of education may adopt rules and regulations allowing handicapped pupils and pupils attending the first and second grades to attend school for a period of less than six hours. The Superintendent of the several county and city boards of education, in the event of an emergency or act of God requiring the termination of classes before six hours have elapsed, may suspend the operation of any school for the remainder of that particular day without loss of credit to the pupil or loss of pay to the teacher."

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

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