GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 991*

Short Title:  LEP Student Program Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representative Black.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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April 24, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY (LEP) STUDENTS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the State Board of Education the sum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) for the 1995-96 fiscal year and the sum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) for the 1996-97 fiscal year to provide services to Limited English Proficiency (LEP) students.  The State Board of Education shall allocate the funds based on the number of students identified as Limited English Proficiency students in each local school administrative unit, and the funds shall be used by the local school administrative units to provide services for each of those students.
These funds shall not be used to supplant local funds for Limited English Proficiency students.
If funds are appropriated for fiscal periods after the 1995-97 fiscal biennium, a local school administrative unit shall not be allocated funds for an individual student for more than three years unless there is an extraordinary reason for the student to require services after three years.
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1995.