GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1259*

Short Title:  Low-Wealth Supp. School Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Rand; Albertson, Ballance, Cooper, Dalton, Dannelly, Hoyle, Jenkins, Jordan, Kerr, Kinnaird, Martin of Pitt, Martin of Guilford, Perdue, Plyler, Purcell, Shaw of Cumberland, Soles, Warren, and Weinstein.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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May 21, 1998

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR LOW-WEALTH SCHOOL SYSTEMS' SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING.
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 fifty-three million six hundred forty-three thousand three hundred forty-three dollars ($53,643,343) for the 1998-99 fiscal year for low-wealth school systems' supplemental funding.
It is a goal of the General Assembly to provide supplemental funds to low-wealth counties to allow those counties to enhance the instructional program and student achievement.
Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1998.