AN ACT TO INCLUDE INSTRUCTION IN THE SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAM ON THE PREVENTABLE CAUSES OF PRETERM BIRTH, INCLUDING INDUCED ABORTION AS A CAUSE OF PRETERM BIRTH IN SUBSEQUENT PREGNANCIES, AND TO PROVIDE SUCH INFORMATION TO CHARTER, NONPUBLIC, AND HOME SCHOOL STUDENTS. Enacted July 18, 2013. Effective July 18, 2013, and applies beginning with the 2013-14 school year.
Bill Summaries: S132 (2013-2014 Session)
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Summary date: Jul 23 2013 - View summary
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Bill S 132 (2013-2014)Summary date: Jun 27 2013 - View summary
House amendment #5 amends the 3rd edition, as amended.
Amends the act by deleting the phrase "causes of" preterm birth each time it appears throughout the act and replaces it with "risks for" preterm birth.
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Bill S 132 (2013-2014)Summary date: Jun 26 2013 - View summary
House amendment to the 3rd edition makes the following changes. Amends GS 115C-238.29F, GS 115C-548, GS 115C-556, and GS 115C-565 to require that information be given to charter school students, private church school or religious charter school students, nonpublic school students, and home school students on the preventable causes of preterm birth in subsequent pregnancies, including induced abortion, smoking, alcohol use, illicit drug use, and inadequate prenatal care. Makes conforming changes to the act and the act's long title.
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Bill S 132 (2013-2014)Summary date: May 9 2013 - View summary
Senate amendment to the 1st edition makes the following changes. Amends proposed GS 115C-81(e)(4) to make clarifying changes and to expand upon the activities that students are taught are preventable causes of preterm birth in subsequent pregnancies to also include smoking, drinking alcohol, using illicit drugs, and inadequate prenatal care. Makes conforming changes to Section 2 of the act.
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Bill S 132 (2013-2014)Summary date: May 8 2013 - View summary
Senate committee substitute to the 1st edition makes the following changes. Deletes proposed changes to GS 115C-81(e1)(1) and instead amends GS 115C-81(e1)(4) to require each local school administrative unit to provide a reproductive health and safety education program commencing in the seventh grade that also includes teaching about the preventable causes of preterm deliveries, including induced abortion as a cause of preterm birth in subsequent pregnancies.
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Bill S 132 (2013-2014)Summary date: Feb 25 2013 - View summary
Amends the School Health Education Program, GS 115C-81(e1)(1), to add a requirement for information about the preventable causes of preterm birth, including induced abortion as a cause of preterm birth in subsequent pregnancies. Requires the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health, to provide the Department of Public Instruction with sample educational materials, as noted above, within 60 days of the effective date of the bill, and annually thereafter. Applies beginning with the 2013-14 school year.