H259 - 2023 Appropriations Act. (SL 2023-134)

Overview: Section 7.76 of S.L. 2023-134 requires policies governing searches of students to be consistent with the constitutions, statutes, and regulations of the United States and North Carolina. Searches performed by school officials must be executed using narrowly tailored methods that are as minimally intrusive as possible. Governing body policies must require all searches of students be conducted in private by one school official and one adult witness who are the same sex as the student being searched.

This section became effective July 1, 2023.