AN ACT to allow american indian students to wear cultural objects at public school graduation ceremonies.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  The title of Article 29D of Chapter 115C of the General Statutes reads as rewritten:

Article 29D. Student Prayer and Religious Activity.Activity and Cultural Expression.

SECTION 2.  Article 29D of Chapter 115C of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:

§ 115C‑407.40.  Cultural expression at graduation ceremonies.

A student that is, or is eligible to be, enrolled as a member of a State or federally recognized Indian tribe shall be allowed to wear objects of cultural significance as part of the student's regalia at any graduation ceremony for a school within a public school unit in which the student is a graduating participant. For purposes of this section, an object of cultural significance includes bird feathers and plumes.

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