GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

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HOUSE BILL 465

Short Title:  DPI Expansion Budget Requests.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Smith; Cummings and Wainwright.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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March 23, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR AID TO LOCAL SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS AND FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Education, Aid to Local School Administrative Units, the sum of sixteen million three thousand five hundred dollars ($16,003,500) for the 1993-94 fiscal year and the sum of sixteen million three thousand five hundred dollars ($16,003,500) for the 1994-95 fiscal year for additional materials, supplies, and equipment to support expanded programs in vocational education, Tech Prep, science, mathematics, and computer instruction.
Sec. 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Education, Department of Public Instruction, the sum of one million seven hundred eighty-nine thousand seven hundred sixty dollars ($1,789,760) for the 1993-94 fiscal year and the sum of one million  seven hundred eighty-nine thousand seven hundred sixty dollars ($1,789,760) for the 1994-95 fiscal year to continue the implementation of the End-of-Grade and End-of-Course testing program.
Sec. 3.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Education, Aid to Local School Administrative Units, the sum of one million six hundred sixty-one thousand dollars ($1,661,000) for the 1993-94 fiscal year and the sum of one million nine hundred forty-nine thousand dollars ($1,949,000) for the 1994-95 fiscal year to offer advanced placement courses in all high schools or to otherwise assure that they are available to all students.
Sec. 4.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Education, Department of Public Instruction, the sum of one million six hundred thousand dollars ($1,600,000) for the 1993-94 fiscal year and the sum of two million dollars ($2,000,000) for the 1994-95 fiscal year to enable the Department to provide additional assistance to low performing school units, in accordance with G.S. 115C-64(b).
Sec. 5.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Education, Department of Public Instruction, the sum of five hundred five thousand dollars ($505,000) for the 1993-94 fiscal year and the sum of five hundred ten thousand dollars ($510,000) for the 1994-95 fiscal year to provide ongoing support to the Transportation Information Management System, including the help desk, training for local school personnel, and software enhancements.
Sec. 6.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Education, Department of Public Instruction, the sum of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) for the 1993-94 fiscal year and the sum of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) for the 1994-95 fiscal year to continue the current level of operation for the Governor's Schools.
Sec. 7.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Education, Aid to Local School Administrative Units, the sum of three million seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($3,750,000) for the 1993-94 fiscal year and the sum of three million seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($3,750,000) for the 1994-95 fiscal year to provide funds for competitive grants to encourage alternative school calendars of up to 200 days.
Sec. 8.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Education, Aid to Local School Administrative Units, the sum of twenty million nine hundred twelve thousand six hundred dollars ($20,912,600) for the 1994-95 fiscal year to require students to attend the public schools until they reach 17 years of age or until they graduate from high school.
Sec. 9.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Education, Department of Public Instruction, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for the 1993-94 fiscal year and the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for the 1994-95 fiscal year to provide funds for the North Carolina Close Up program to enable the program to promote citizenship education.
Sec. 10.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Education, Department of Public Instruction, the sum of five million eight hundred ninety-seven thousand five hundred dollars ($5,897,500) for the 1993-94 fiscal year and the sum of five million eight hundred ninety-seven thousand five hundred dollars ($5,897,500) for the 1994-95 fiscal year to implement the Initial Certification Program.
Sec. 11.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Education, Department of Public Instruction, the sum of one million one hundred two thousand two hundred thirty-three dollars ($1,102,233) for the 1993-94 fiscal year and the sum of one million one hundred twenty-two thousand nine hundred seventy-seven dollars ($1,122,977) for the 1994-95 fiscal year to conduct staff development activities for local school administrative units to retool North Carolina teachers for the twenty-first century.
Sec. 12.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Education, Aid to Local School Administrative Units, the sum of one million eight hundred ninety-four thousand six hundred ninety-eight dollars ($1,894,698) for the 1993-94 fiscal year and the sum of one million eight hundred ninety-four thousand six hundred ninety-eight dollars ($1,894,698) for the 1994-95 fiscal year to provide the current allotment formula amount of one finance officer position in each local school administrative unit.
Sec. 13.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Education, Department of Public Instruction, the sum of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) for the 1993-94 fiscal year and the sum of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) for the 1994-95 fiscal year to continue the current level of operation of the Governor's Schools' Foreign Language Institute.
Sec. 14.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Education, Aid to Local School Administrative Units, the sum of six hundred seventy-nine thousand dollars ($679,000) for the 1993-94 fiscal year and the sum of seven hundred thousand dollars ($700,000) for the 1994-95 fiscal year for substitute teacher pay.
Sec. 15.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Education, Aid to Local School Administrative Units, the sum of two million six hundred ninety-three thousand three hundred eighty-eight dollars ($2,693,388) for the 1993-94 fiscal year to provide equipment to local school administrative units to implement the Uniform Education Reporting System and to provide data communications circuits and modems to connect individual school buildings to the central offices.
Sec. 16.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1993.