GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

S	1 

SENATE BILL 117*

Short Title:  Ed. Cooperative Efforts.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Ward, Conder, and Martin of Guilford.
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Referred to:  Education.
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February 20, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ENCOURAGE COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION AND THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The State Board of Community Colleges shall develop a pilot project to model alternative transportation methods.
Sec. 2.  The State Board of Community Colleges may develop financial incentives, such as special funding ratios, to encourage the development of regional programs.
Sec. 3.   Of the funds available from federal funds to the Department of Public Education and the Department of Community Colleges for vocational education for the 1991-93 fiscal biennium, the sum of $150,000 for the 1991-92 fiscal year and the sum of $150,000 for the 1991-93 fiscal year shall be allocated to the North Carolina Tech Prep Leadership Development Center at Richmond Community College for assistance to local education agencies and community colleges to implementing ‘Tech Prep' across the State.
Sec. 4.  The remaining funds available from federal funds to the Department of Public Education and the Department of Community Colleges for vocational education for the 1991-93 fiscal biennium shall be used to provide local implementation grants to establish and operate ‘Tech Prep' programs in the public schools statewide.  These grants shall be provided to local school units that have a plan meeting the standards of the State Board of Education and the State Board of Community Colleges.
Sec. 5.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1991.