GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

S	1 

SENATE BILL 18

Short Title:  School Budget Flexibility.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Winner; Albertson, Perdue, Hoyle, Kerr, Martin of Guilford, Warren, Odom, Rand, Plyler, Cooper, Plexico, Gulley, and Lucas.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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January 26, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL BUDGET FLEXIBILITY TO CERTAIN LOCAL SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 115C-238.5 reads as rewritten:
"§ 115C-238.5.  Flexible funding.
(a)	For fiscal years beginning with the 1995-96 fiscal year, funding allotments in the Public School Fund are consolidated as follows to increase flexibility in the use of State funds:
Existing Funding Allotments	New Funding Allotments
(1)	Superintendent;	Administrative Allotment –
School Administrators;	Central Office.
Finance Officers;
Child Nutrition Supervisors;
Maintenance Supervisors.
(2)	Classroom Teachers - Regular;	Classroom Teachers.
Math, Science, and
Computer Teachers;
Classroom Teachers - Program
Enhancement.
(3)	Exceptional Children -	Exceptional Children.
State Aid and Related
Services; Preschool
Handicapped.
(4)	Summer School - Instruction,	At-Risk Students.
Remediation Support, Trans-
portation; Dropout Prevention/
Students at Risk/In-School
Suspension.
(5)	Child Nutrition - Staff	Staff Development.
Development; Staff Development -
Finance Officers; Staff
Development - K-12.
Only local school administrative units electing to participate in the Performance-based Accountability Program shall be eligible to receive this flexible funding.
	(c)	Local boards of education shall provide maximum flexibility in the use of funds to individual schools to enable them to accomplish their individual schools' goals."
Sec. 2.  The State Board of Education shall adopt formulas for computing the new allotments created in Section 1 of this act.  The formula for the new funding allotment for Administrative - Central Office shall provide for a dollar allotment and not a position allotment.
Funds allotted for the new funding allotment for At-Risk Students for the 1995-96 fiscal year shall remain available for expenditure until September 1, 1996;  funds allotted for the 1996-97 fiscal year and subsequent fiscal years shall become available for expenditure on September 1 of that fiscal year and shall remain available for expenditure until August 31 of the next fiscal year.
Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1995.