GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

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HOUSE BILL 1282

Short Title:  Exceptional Children Funding.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representative P. Wilson.
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Referred to:  Human Resources.
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April 12, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT FUNDING FOR PROGRAMS FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN SHALL REMAIN AT OR ABOVE CURRENT LEVELS BEFORE ADJUSTMENTS FOR SALARY INCREASES AND INFLATION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  It is the intent of the General Assembly that, regardless of any decreases in federal funding, programs for exceptional children in this State shall continue to receive no less than the amount appropriated for those programs in the 1989-91 biennium, before adjustments for salary increases and inflation.
Sec. 2.  The State Board of Education shall, in preparing its continuation budget for the 1991-93 biennium and subsequent biennia, ensure that sufficient funds are allocated to programs for exceptional children to meet the intent of the General Assembly as expressed in Section 1.
Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1989.