Legislation

Section Number:	N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-81 (1999)
Title:	Basic Education Program
Summary:	Requires the State Board of Education to develop a list of recommended conflict resolution and mediation material; models and curricula that address responsible decision making; the causes and effect of school violence; and nonviolent methods for resolving conflict including peer mediation. The list should be available to local school administrative units.

Section Number:	N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-105.32 (1999)
Title:	Conflict Resolution Programs as Part of School Improvement Plans
Summary:	Encourages a school to include a comprehensive-parent involvement, conflict-resolution program as part of the development of its school improvement plan.

Pending Legislation

Bill Number:	1999 North Carolina House Bill No. 483
Title:	Civic Education Center Funds
Summary:	Appropriates funds to the University of Carolina Board of Governors Center for the Prevention of School Violence, for a civic education program for middle school classes.
Status:	Session adjourned, no carryover- 8/28/2000

Bill Number:	1999 North Carolina House Bill No. 517, Session of 1999
Title:	Schools; Bomb Threats; Dropouts
Summary:	Requires the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee, in consultation with the State Board of Education, the Office of juvenile Justice, and the Center for the Prevention of School Violence, to examine the issue of students, who threaten to commit or who carry out acts of violence directed at schools and to identify effective education practices to prevent these threats or acts of violence.
Status:	Signed by Governor- 7/7/99; Enacted 7/7/1999