GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

S	1 

SENATE BILL 158

Short Title:  School Safety Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Albertson, Warren; Parnell, Hoyle, McDaniel, Lucas, Carpenter, Davis, Smith, Hobbs, Martin of Guilford, Dannelly, Martin of Pitt, Odom, Kerr, Hartsell, and Plexico.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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February 8, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO ENSURE SCHOOL SAFETY.
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 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 funds for local school administrative units to hire law enforcement officers to ensure the safety of children and school personnel.  These funds shall be allocated by the State Board of Education on a competitive grant basis.
A local board of education that needs the presence of police officers on school grounds to ensure the safety of children and school personnel may apply for a grant.   The grant application shall specify the nature and extent of the problem and the cost of providing the law enforcement officers when and where they are needed.
In awarding grants, the State Board shall consider the information provided in the grant application and the report on acts of school violence submitted by the local board of education submitted to the State Board of Education.
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1995.