GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

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HOUSE BILL 1278

Short Title:  Schools Parental Involvemt. Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Nye; Bowman and H. Hunter.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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May 6, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO INCREASE PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Education the sum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for the 1993-94 fiscal year and five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for the 1994-95 fiscal year to provide grants to local school systems to secure a system that would allow all parents or guardians of students to communicate with teachers and school administrators on a daily basis about course work, homework assignments, and general school information.
Sec. 2.  The Department of Public Education shall develop guidelines for awarding the grants.  To be eligible, a local school system shall provide a fifty percent (50%) match.
Sec. 3.  The Department shall report to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations on the outcome of the grants.  The report shall include program effectiveness, i.e., number of parents participating, average classroom contacts, and homework assignment completion and accuracy.
Sec. 4.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1993.