GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1488*

Short Title:  Assistance Teams/Add'l. Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Arnold; and Preston.

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Referred to:  Education, if favorable, Appropriations.

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May 25, 1998

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE LEGISLATIVE STUDY COMMISSION ON PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO PROVIDE A BONUS TO ASSISTANCE TEAM MEMBERS AND TO REIMBURSE THE ACTUAL COST OF ALL REASONABLE EXPENSES INCURRED BY MEMBERS OF ASSISTANCE TEAMS. 
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 two hundred six thousand dollars ($206,000) for the 1998-99 fiscal year to provide a bonus of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) to each member of an assistance team assigned to a low-performing school. The State Board of Education shall provide the bonus retroactively for the 1997-98 school year and shall provide the bonus for the 1998-99 school year prior to the end of the 1998-99 fiscal year. The bonus shall be prorated at one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125.00) per month for months actually served.
Section 2.  G.S. 115C-105.38 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"( e)	Notwithstanding any other law, assistance team members  will be reimbursed the actual cost of all reasonable expenses incurred."
Section 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1998.