Adds two new defined terms to GS 14-269.2, which sets forth those circumstances when weapons on campus or other educational property is a crime. Defines school administrative director as any person authorized by the school’s board of trustee to act on the private school’s behalf. Defines school board of trustees to mean the governing body of any private school, and for parochial schools, includes the designated board that oversees the general affairs of a religious institution affiliated with the private parochial school. Adds two new exemptions to the statute as follows:

• An employee or volunteer of a private school who meets all of the six listed criteria, including having received written authorization from the school board of trustees or the school administrative director to possess and carry a firearm or stun gun on the educational property that is owned, used, or operated by the private school and being a holder of a concealed handgun permit; and
• A person in a regularly used and clearly identified place of religious worship that is located on educational property owned, used, or operated by the membership of the place of religious worship while the person is attending worship services or sacerdotal functions at the place of religious worship. Specifies that “attending” includes ingress and egress between the place of religious worship and the designated parking area for the place of religious worship.

Applies to offenses committed on or after December 1, 2025.