H259 - 2023 Appropriations Act. (SL 2023-134)

Overview: Section 7.3 of S.L. 2023-134 creates a new Article 32F in Chapter 115C titled "Supplemental School Funding" that codifies language regarding school funding that has previously been budgetary language rather than statutory. This section codifies the following supplemental funding categories:

• Low-wealth counties: used to provide instructional positions, instructional support positions, teacher assistant positions, clerical positions, school computer technicians, instructional supplies and equipment, staff development, textbook and digital resources, and for salary supplements for instructional personnel and instructional support personnel for local school administrative units located in whole or in part in counties in which the county wealth as a percentage of the State average wealth is less than 100%.
• Small county school system: for county school administrative units with an average daily membership of 3,300 or fewer students.
• Disadvantaged student: used to provide instructional positions or instructional support positions, professional development, intensive in-school or after-school remediation, diagnostic software and progress monitoring tools, teacher bonuses and supplements for local school administrative units based on the unit's eligible disadvantaged student population and teacher-to-student ratio.

This section became effective July 1, 2023.