NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

CHAPTER 894

HOUSE BILL 441

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE OPERATION OF SUMMER SCHOOLS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM OF THE STATE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. G. S. 115-80, as amended, and as the same appears in the 1959 Cumulative Supplement of the General Statutes of North Carolina, is hereby further amended by adding a new subsection at the end of said Section which shall read as follows:

"5. The board of education of any county or city administrative unit may include funds derived from local sources in its local operating budget for the purpose of establishing and maintaining summer schools. Such summer schools as may be established shall be administered by county and city boards of education and shall be conducted in accordance with standards developed by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and approved by the State Board of Education. The standards so developed shall specify the requirements for an approved curriculum, the qualifications of the personnel, the length of the session, and the conditions under which students may be granted credit for courses pursued during a summer school. In determining the eligibility of students for admission to summer schools, boards of education shall be governed by the provisions of Article 21 of this Chapter."

Sec. 2. G. S. 115-116, as amended, and as the same appears in the 1959 Cumulative Supplement of the General Statutes of North Carolina, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word "instruction", and before the word "and", the following: "to establish and maintain approved summer schools,".

Sec. 2½. This Act shall not apply to Haywood County.

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 All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.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 from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 16th day of June, 1961.