GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

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SENATE BILL 1300

Short Title:  School Supplemental Budget Requests.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Plexico, Winner; Hobbs, Hoyle, Conder, Jordan, Edwards, Rand, Sherron, Cooper, Davis, Hartsell, and Martin of Pitt.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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May 23, 1996

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to State Aid to Local School Administrative Units the sum of twenty-seven million five hundred twenty-four thousand four hundred dollars ($27,524,400)  for the 1996-97 fiscal year to implement the ABCs of Public Education Program.  Of these funds:
(1)	$21,000,000 shall be used for incentive funding teachers for each school that achieves at least 110% of the projected improvement in student performance at the school;
(2)	$3,500,000 shall be used for incentive funds for teacher assistants; and
(3)	$3,024,400 shall be used for recruitment, training, and support for school assistance teams.
Sec. 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to State Aid to Local School Administrative Units the sum of  twenty-seven million dollars ($27,000,000) for the 1996-97 fiscal year to increase the allotment for At-Risk Student Services/Alternative Schools.
Sec. 3.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to State Aid to Local School Administrative Units the sum of thirty-six million five hundred thousand dollars ($36,500,000) for the 1996-97 fiscal year for class-size reduction.  Of these funds:
(1)	$18,500,000 shall be used to reduce class size in grade 2 from one teacher for every 26 students to one teacher for every 23 students; and
(2)	$18,000,000 shall be used to increase the teacher assistant allotment to conform with the revised student-teacher ratios in grades 1 and 2.
Sec. 4.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to State Aid to Local School Administrative Units the sum of six million five hundred fifty thousand dollars ($6,550,000) for the 1996-97 fiscal year to fully fund the school transportation formula adopted by the 1991 General Assembly.
Sec. 5.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to State Aid to Local School Administrative Units the sum of seventy-one million dollars ($71,000,000) for the 1996-97 fiscal year to implement the second year of the North Carolina Technology Commission's plan for public school technology, as approved by the State Board of Education.
Sec. 6.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to State Aid to Local School Administrative Units the sum of nineteen million eight hundred thousand dollars ($19,800,000) for the 1996-97 fiscal year to provide stipends for teachers for additional days of staff development outside of the regular school year.
Sec. 7.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to State Aid to Local School Administrative Units the sum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) for the 1996-97 fiscal year to support improved services to students with limited English proficiency.
Sec. 8.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to State Aid to Local School Administrative Units the sum of seven hundred thirty-four thousand twelve dollars ($734,012) for the 1996-97 fiscal year to support teachers who register for and receive certification by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.
Sec. 9.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to State Aid to Local School Administrative Units the sum of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) for the 1996-97 fiscal year for the work of the North Carolina Public School Administrator Standards Board.
Sec. 10.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1996.