GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

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HOUSE BILL 1188

Short Title:  Exceptional Children's Formula.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Nesbitt; Barnes, Diamont, Black, Rogers, Hackney, Colton, Crawford, Fitch, Beall, Bowman, Burton, Church, Cummings, Griffin, Hill, Jack Hunt, Ives, Jeffus, Joye, Luebke, McCrary, Mitchell, Moore, Ramsey, Stewart, R. Thompson, Wainwright, and P. Wilson.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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April 22, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO REVISE THE FUNDING FORMULA FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO IMPLEMENT THE NEW FORMULA.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The State Board of Education shall develop a revised formula for allocating funds for exceptional children based on a statewide cap of twelve and one-half percent (12.5%) for handicapped students and on a statewide cap of three and nine-tenths percent (3.9%) for gifted students.  The State Board shall implement this formula beginning with the 1993-94 fiscal year.
(b) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Education the sum of five million five hundred eighty-three thousand five hundred ninety-eight dollars ($5,583,598) for the 1993-94 fiscal year and the sum of five million five hundred eighty-three thousand five hundred ninety-eight dollars ($5,583,598) for the 1994-95 fiscal year to implement this act.
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1993.