GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1991 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 570

HOUSE BILL 754

 

AN ACT DIRECTING THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO DEVELOP EQUIPMENT STANDARDS FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Chapter 115C of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:

"§ 115C-154.2.  Vocational education equipment standards.

The State Board of Education shall develop equipment standards for each vocational program level and shall assist local school administrative units in determining the adequacy of equipment for each vocational program available in each local school administrative unit.

The State Board shall also develop a plan to assure that minimum equipment standards for each program are met to the extent that State, local, and federal funds are available for that purpose.  The State Board shall consider all reasonable and prudent means to meet these minimum equipment standards and to ensure a balanced vocational program for students in the public schools."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 4th day of July, 1991.

 

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James C. Gardner

President of the Senate

 

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Daniel Blue, Jr.

Speaker of the House of Representatives