GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1096

Short Title:  School Safety Task Force Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Cooper; and Gunter.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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May 10, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR COMMUNITY COORDINATORS TO ESTABLISH AND COORDINATE A SCHOOL SAFETY TASK FORCE IN EACH LOCAL SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT.
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 two million four hundred thousand dollars ($2,400,000) for the 1993-94 fiscal year and the sum of two million four hundred thousand dollars ($2,400,000) for the 1994-95 fiscal year to provide funding for a half-time community coordinator for each local school administrative unit.  The coordinator shall coordinate the work of a School Safety Task Force appointed by the local board of education and composed of students, parents, educators, law enforcement and court personnel, local government representatives, and community leaders.  The Task Force shall (i) evaluate the extent of violence present in the schools and in the community, (ii) develop a plan that includes strategies for preventing violence and intervening in violent situations, and (iii) report the plan to the local board of education.
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1993.