North Carolina legislation · 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina S729: Opt-In to Student Health.
Status: In committee, March 26, 2025
What the bill says
An act to clarify requirements for health screenings in schools.
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO CLARIFY REQUIREMENTS FOR HEALTH SCREENINGS IN SCHOOLS. The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: SECTION 1. G.S. 115C-76.45(a) reads as rewritten: "(a) The governing body of a public school unit shall adopt procedures to notify a parent of the following: (1) At the beginning of each school year, notice of each health care service offered at his or her child's school and the means for the parent to provide consent for any specific service. A parent's consent to a health care service does not waive the parent's right to access his or her child's educational records or health records or to be notified of changes in his or her child's services or monitoring. A health care service under this subdivision does not include a health care screening. (2) At the beginning of each school year, procedures to exercise the parental remedies provided by G.S. 115C-76.60. (3) Prior to administration to students in kindergarten through third grade, a copy of any student well-being questionnaire or health screening form and the means for the parent to consent to the use of the questionnaire or form for his or her child. (4) Prior to or contemporaneous with changes, notice of changes in services or monitoring related to his or her child's mental, emotional, or physical …
Sponsors
- Bradley, Woodson (D, 42) · primary sponsor
- Adcock, Gale (D, 16) · primary sponsor
- Everitt, Terence (D, 18) · primary sponsor
- Chitlik, Sophia (D, 22)
- Garrett, Michael (D, 27)
- Smith, Kandie D. (D, 5)
- Waddell, Joyce (D, 40)
Latest actions
- : Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
- : Passed 1st Reading
- : Filed
Subjects: EDUCATION, TESTING, FAMILY ISSUES, STUDENTS, HEALTH SERVICES, DENTISTS & DENTISTRY, PUBLIC, PUBLIC HEALTH
Common questions
- What is S729?
- S729 is a bill in the North Carolina Legislature (2025-2026 Session): Opt-In to Student Health.
- What does S729 do?
- In its own words: An act to clarify requirements for health screenings in schools.
- What is the status of S729?
- In committee as of March 26, 2025. Latest action: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate (March 26, 2025).
- Who sponsored S729?
- Bradley, Woodson (D, 42), with 6 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for S729?
- On the North Carolina Legislature website: https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/S729
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