| 12 | 13 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1 |
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| 13 | 14 | | AN ACT TO PERMIT STUDENTS WHO ATTEND A PUBLIC SCHOOL, PRIVATE 2 |
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| 14 | 15 | | SCHOOL, OR HOME SCHOOL WITHOUT AN INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETICS 3 |
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| 15 | 16 | | PROGRAM IN A GIVEN SPORT OR PARTICULAR EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY 4 |
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| 16 | 17 | | TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT ACTIVITY AT A PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL. 5 |
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| 17 | 18 | | The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 6 |
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| 18 | 19 | | SECTION 1. G.S. 115C-407.55(1)b. reads as rewritten: 7 |
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| 19 | 20 | | "b. Enrollment and transfer requirements, including the following: 8 |
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| 20 | 21 | | … 9 |
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| 21 | 22 | | 3. If a public high school does not offer a particular sport, a 10 |
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| 22 | 23 | | student from that school may participate in the sport at the 11 |
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| 23 | 24 | | public high school closest to the student's school that has a 12 |
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| 24 | 25 | | program in that sport, subject to the terms and conditions 13 |
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| 25 | 26 | | applicable to a regularly enrolled member of that high school's 14 |
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| 26 | 27 | | student body, except that the high school may charge a 15 |
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| 27 | 28 | | reasonable fee for participation to a student who is not enrolled 16 |
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| 28 | 29 | | in the high school as established by the local board of education 17 |
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| 29 | 30 | | in accordance with G.S. 115C-47(6). 18 |
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| 30 | 31 | | 4. A private school or home school student may participate in a 19 |
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| 31 | 32 | | sport at the base public high school for the student's address, 20 |
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| 32 | 33 | | subject to the terms and conditions applicable to a regularly 21 |
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| 33 | 34 | | enrolled member of that high school's student body. If the 22 |
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| 34 | 35 | | student's base public high school does not have a program in a 23 |
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| 35 | 36 | | particular sport, the student may participate in the sport at the 24 |
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| 36 | 37 | | public high school closest to the student's base public high 25 |
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| 37 | 38 | | school that has a program in that sport, subject to the terms and 26 |
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| 38 | 39 | | conditions applicable to a regularly enrolled member of that 27 |
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| 39 | 40 | | high school's student body. The public high school may charge 28 |
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| 40 | 41 | | a reasonable fee for participation to a student who is not 29 |
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| 41 | 42 | | enrolled in the high school as established by the local board of 30 |
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| 42 | 43 | | education in accordance with G.S. 115C-47(6)." 31 |
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| 43 | 44 | | SECTION 2. G.S. 115C-47(6) reads as rewritten: 32 |
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| 44 | 45 | | "(6) To Regulate Fees, Charges and Solicitations. – Local boards of education shall 33 |
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| 45 | 46 | | adopt rules and regulations governing solicitations of, sales to, and 34 |
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| 46 | 47 | | fund-raising activities conducted by, the students and faculty members in 35 |
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| 49 | 54 | | collected from students and school personnel without approval of the board of 1 |
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| 50 | 55 | | education as recorded in the minutes of said board; provided, this subdivision 2 |
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| 51 | 56 | | shall not apply to such textbooks fees as are determined and established by the 3 |
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| 52 | 57 | | State Board of Education. The local board of education shall publish a 4 |
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| 53 | 58 | | schedule of fees, charges, and solicitations approved by the local board board, 5 |
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| 54 | 59 | | including fees established to allow students not enrolled in a particular public 6 |
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| 55 | 60 | | high school to participate in sports and other extracurricular activities, on the 7 |
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| 56 | 61 | | local school administrative unit's Web site by October 15 of each school year 8 |
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| 57 | 62 | | and, if the schedule is subsequently revised, within 30 days following the 9 |
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| 58 | 63 | | revision." 10 |
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| 59 | 64 | | SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with 11 |
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| 60 | 65 | | the 2025-2026 school year. 12 |
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