No State agency shall promote, support, fund, implement, or maintain workplace DEI programs, policies, or initiatives, including, but not limited to, using DEI in State government hirings and employment; maintaining dedicated DEI staff positions or offices; or offering or requiring diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) training.

Only the following official governmental flags may be flown or displayed by a State institution or a political subdivision of the State on the premises of a building of a State institution or a political subdivision of the State: (1) The flag of the United States of America. (2) The flag of the State of North Carolina. (3) The flag of a county, city, or other governmental agency, school, or other educational facility. (4) The flag of any military branch of the United States of America. (5) The Prisoner of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) flag. (6) The Honor and Remember flag. (7) The flag of nations recognized by the United States of America. (8) The flag of any state or territory of the United States. (9) The flag of a political subdivision of any state or territory of the United States. (10) The flag of any Indian tribe or Indian group recognized by State or federal law.

A parent, guardian, custodian, or caretaker who raises a juvenile consistent with the juvenile's biological sex or who refers to a juvenile consistent with the juvenile's biological sex shall not be subject to a petition supporting abuse or neglect under this Subchapter based solely on those acts.

(a) Instruction on gender identity, sexual activity, or sexuality shall not be included in the curriculum provided in grades kindergarten through sixth grade, regardless of whether the information is provided by school personnel or third parties. For the purposes of this section, curriculum includes the standard course of study and support materials, locally developed curriculum, supplemental instruction, and textbooks and other supplementary materials, but does not include verbal responses to student-initiated questions. Instruction provided in accordance with G.S. 115C-81.29 with parental consent does not violate this section.

Governing bodies of public school units shall adopt a policy for the selection and procurement of library media, including a recommendation review process [...] that includes the removal of media that no longer meets the criteria for approval and the periodic replacement or repair of media still of educational value. [...] The policy [...] shall meet the following requirements for media to be approved for addition to a school library: (c) [...] Material is not "appropriate for the age, grade level, intellectual development, and ability level" for any age or age group of children if it includes descriptions or visual depictions of sexual activity or is pervasively vulgar. [...] (g) Fiction, graphic novels, and narrative nonfiction, including memoirs and biographies, shall only be added for literary or artistic value.

A parent, guardian, custodian, or caretaker who raises a juvenile consistent with the juvenile's biological sex, or who refers to a juvenile consistent with the juvenile's biological sex, shall not be subject to a petition supporting abuse or neglect under this Subchapter based solely on those acts. This section shall not be construed to authorize or allow any other acts or omissions prohibited by this Subchapter that would constitute abuse or neglect, including abandonment or the creation of an injurious environment."

The purpose of this Article is as follows: (1) To clarify and reconcile the meaning of the terms biological sex, gender, and any other related terms in State law. (2) To provide protections for women against sexual assault, harassment, and violence in correctional facilities, juvenile detention facilities, domestic violence centers, dormitories, and restrooms, or where women have been traditionally afforded safety and protection from acts of abuse committed by biological men.

The State Board shall adopt a policy prohibiting community colleges from establishing, maintaining, or otherwise implementing a group or committee designed to investigate a bias incident. For purposes of this subsection, a "bias incident" includes any conduct, speech, or expression that the community college, group, or committee labels as intimidating, demeaning, mocking, degrading, or marginalizing an individual or group based on the perceived or actual identity of that individual or group.