GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2013
SESSION LAW 2013-295
SENATE BILL 231
AN ACT to modify the duties of the State advisory council on indian education.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 115C‑210.4 reads as rewritten:
"§ 115C‑210.4. Duties of the Council.
It shall be the duty of the Advisory Council:
(1) To advise the State
Board of Education on ways to meet more effectively the educational needs of
Indian students;To review annually relevant data on American Indian
students using reports made available to the Council by the Department of
Public Instruction. The review shall include, but not be limited to, data on academic
performance, growth, suspension and expulsion events, dropouts, and graduation rates.
(2) To advocate for meaningful
programs to reduce and eventually eliminate low achievement and concurrent high
attrition rates among American Indian students;students.
(2a) To prepare an annual report that includes an action plan and make an annual presentation to the State Board of Education to advise the State Board on ways to meet the educational needs of American Indian students more effectively based on the State Board's strategies, policies, and information.
(3) To prepare an annual present
and share the annual report on a fiscal year basis on the status of
Indian education, said report to be presented to the State Board of Education and
to the various Indian tribal organizations with the Indian Tribes and
Indian organizations referenced in Article 71A of the General Statutes and
organizations holding membership on the North Carolina State Commission of
Indian Affairs pursuant to G.S. 143B‑407 at the statewide Indian
Unity Conference;Conference and with the North Carolina State
Commission of Indian Affairs, along with an action plan based on
recommendations.
(4) To work closely with the
Division of Indian Education in the Department of Public Instruction Instruction,
Tribal Leaders, and Title VII Coordinators to improve coordination and
communication between and among programs;programs.
(4a) To improve consultations among the State Board of Education, the Department of Public Instruction, and American Indian tribal communities, students, parents, and educators.
(5) To advise the State Board of Education on any other aspect of American Indian education when requested by the State Board to do so."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 10th day of July, 2013.
s/ Daniel J. Forest
President of the Senate
s/ Thom Tillis
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Pat McCrory
Governor
Approved 6:17 p.m. this 18th day of July, 2013