NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 949

HOUSE BILL 1246

 

 

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THE BLIND OR PARTIALLY BLIND IN THE TRAINING AND HIRING OF TEACHERS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Chapter 115 of the General Statutes is hereby amended by inserting therein a new section to be designated G.S. 115-152.1 to read as follows:

"§ 115-152.1.  Discrimination against blind prohibited in training and hiring of teachers. — (a) No person otherwise qualified shall be denied the right to receive credentials from the State Board of Education, to receive training for the purpose of becoming a teacher, or to engage in practice teaching in any school on the grounds he is totally or partially blind; nor shall any school district refuse to engage a teacher on such grounds, provided, that such blind teacher is able to carry out the duties of the position for which he applies in the school district."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 19th day of July, 1971.