Outline of the state of North Carolina
State
North Carolina
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Category
Health Education K-12 Curriculum—HS

Category
Health Education K-12 Curriculum—HS

State law requires high school HE curriculum.

North Carolina Administrative Code 16-06D.0107 State graduation requirements

  1. One Health and Physical Education credit

    • a. Students are required to successfully complete CPR instruction to meet Healthful Living Essential Standard as a requirement for high school graduation.

    • b. Accommodations/alternative assessments for students identified by ADA or IDEA will be provided.

Policy Type
Regulation

North Carolina Administrative Code 16-06D.0503 State Graduation Requirements*

(v) one credit in health and physical education;

(v) one credit in health and physical education;

Policy Type
Regulation

North Carolina General Statutes 115C-81.25 Health Education

(c) The State Board of Education, through the Department of Public Instruction, shall, on a regular basis, review materials related to these objectives and distribute these reviews to local school administrative units for their information.This program includes age-appropriate instruction in the following subject areas, regardless of whether this instruction isdescribed as, or incorporated into a description of, “family life education,” “family health education,” “health education,”“family living,” “health,” “healthful living curriculum,” or “self-esteem”:

  • (1) Mental and emotional health.
  • (2) Drug and alcohol abuse prevention.
  • (3) Nutrition.
  • (4) Dental health.
  • (5) Environmental health.
  • (6) Family living.
  • (7) Consumer health.
  • (8) Disease control.
  • (9) Growth and development.
  • (10) First aid and emergency care, including the teaching of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and the Heimlichmaneuver by using hands-on training with mannequins so that students pass a test approved by the American Heart Association or American Red Cross. For the purposes of this subdivision, schools shall do all of the following:
  • a. Use an instructional program developed by the American Heart Association, the American Red Cross, or other nationally recognized programs that is based on the most current national evidence-based emergency cardiovascular care guidelines for CPR.
  • b. Maintain documentation in an electronic database that students have successfully completed CPR instruction to meet healthful living essential Standard.
  • c. Require successful completion of instruction in CPR to be a requirement for high school graduation by the 2014-2015 school year.
  • (11) Preventing sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS, and other communicable diseases. As used in this section, “HIV/AIDS” means Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
  • (12) Reproductive health and safety education.
  • (13) Bicycle safety
Policy Type
Statute

North Carolina General Statutes 115C-81.25 Health Education

(a) Comprehensive health education instruction shall be developed and taught to students from kindergarten through ninth grade. (b) The State Board of Education shall do all of the following:

  • (1) Supervise the development and operation of the statewide comprehensive school health education program, including curriculum development, teacher professional development, promotion of training in teacher preparation programs, learning material review, and assessment and evaluation of local programs in the same manner as for other programs.
  • (2) Adopt objectives for the instruction of the subject areas listed in this section that are appropriate for each grade level.
  • (3) Approve textbooks and other materials incorporating these objectives that local school administrative units may purchase with State funds.
Policy Type
Statute

North Carolina General Statutes 115C-81.5 Standard Course of Study

Instruction shall be offered in the areas of arts, communication skills, physical education and personal health and safety, mathematics, media and computer skills, science, second languages, social studies, and career and technical education. In addition, instruction shall be offered in all of the areas provided in this Part.

Policy Type
Statute