GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2003

HOUSE BILL 1459

RATIFIED BILL

AN ACT to implement the recommendation of the house interim committee on providing an appropriate education for students on long‑term suspension to direct the state board of education to determine whether teacher preparation programs should require courses in diversity training, anger management, conflict resolution, and classroom management.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  The State Board of Education shall determine whether teacher preparation programs should require courses in diversity training, anger management, conflict resolution, and classroom management. The State Board shall report its findings and recommendations to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee by December 15, 2004.

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 8^th day of July, 2004.

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                                                                         Beverly E. Perdue

                                                                         President of the Senate

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                                                                         Richard T. Morgan

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

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                                                                         Michael F. Easley

                                                                         Governor

Approved __________.m. this ______________ day of ___________________, 2004