AN ACT to encourage nonpublic schools to prohibit the use of tobacco products and hemp‑derived consumable PRODUCTS on school grounds.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C‑551(b) reads as rewritten:

(b)      All private church schools and all schools of religious charter are encouraged to do the following:

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(5)        Tobacco products and hemp‑derived consumable products. – Adopt a policy to prohibit the use of tobacco products and hemp‑derived consumable products on school grounds, using the requirements of Article 29A of this Chapter as guidance for the policy.

SECTION 2.  G.S. 115C‑559(b) reads as rewritten:

(b)      All qualified nonpublic schools are encouraged to do the following:

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(5)        Tobacco products and hemp‑derived consumable products. – Adopt a policy to prohibit the use of tobacco products and hemp‑derived consumable products on school grounds, using the requirements of Article 29A of this Chapter as guidance for the policy.

SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.