GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	1 

SENATE BILL 298*

Short Title:  English as a Second Language/Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Lee, Kinnaird; Ballance, Gulley, Martin of Guilford, Miller, Rand, and Winner.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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March 5, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE PROGRAM.
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 1997-98 fiscal year and the sum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) for the 1998-99 fiscal year to improve services for students with limited English proficiency.  The State Board of Education shall allocate these funds to local school administrative units with a high percentage of students for whom English is a second language.
Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1997.