North Carolina HB 1054: Safer Schools.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2009
H 1
HOUSE BILL 1054*

Short Title: Safer Schools. (Public)
Sponsors: Representatives Blue; Bell, Faison, E. Floyd, Glazier, Harrison, Lucas, Parmon,
and Womble.
Referred to: Education, if favorable, Judiciary II.
April 6, 2009
*H1054-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW TO MAKE SCHOOLS SAFER. 2
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 3
SECTION 1. G.S. 115C-288(g) reads as rewritten: 4
"(g) To Report Certain Acts to Law Enforcement. – When A principal shall immediately 5
notify the appropriate local law enforcement agency when the principal has personal 6
knowledge or actual notice from school personnel that an act has occurred on school property 7
involving one of the following: (i) assault resulting in serious personal injury, (ii) assault on 8
school personnel, (iii) communication of a threat to do physical injury to school personnel or a 9
member of the personnel's family that places the school personnel in reasonable apprehension 10
that the threat will be carried out, (iv) sexual assault, (v) sexual offense, (vi) rape, (vii) 11
kidnapping, (viii) indecent liberties with a minor, (ix) assault involving the use of a weapon, (x) 12
possession of a firearm in violation of the law, (xi) possession of a weapon in violation of the 13
law, or (xii) possession of a controlled substance in violation of the law, the principal shall 14
immediately report the act to the appropriate local law enforcement agency. (xiii) homicide, 15
including murder, manslaughter, and death by motor vehicle, (xiv) robbery, (xv) robbery with a 16
dangerous weapon, or (xvi) burning of a school building. Failure to report under this subsection 17
is a Class 3 misdemeanor. The local board of education may assess a civil penalty of up to five 18
hundred dollars ($500.00) for failure to report under this subsection. 19
For purposes of this subsection, "school property" shall include any public school building, 20
bus, public school campus, grounds, recreational area, or athletic field, in the charge of the 21
principal.principal. 22
It is the intent of the General Assembly that the principal notify the superintendent and the 23
superintendent notify the local board of any report made to law enforcement under this 24
subsection. 25
The superintendent shall work with local law enforcement agencies, the district attorney, 26
the Department of Public Instruction, school staff, and other appropriate entities to provide 27
training for all staff on reporting incidents of violence on school grounds." 28
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with 29
the 2009-2010 school year. 30