GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 915

Short Title:  Y2K Funds for Public Schools.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Arnold; Baker, Barbee, Berry, Brown, Capps, Clary, Creech, Culp, Davis, Esposito, Gulley, Howard, Justus, Kiser, McCombs, Mitchell, Morris, Preston, Rayfield, Setzer, Sexton, Starnes, Teague, Thompson, Walend, and G. Wilson.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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April 5, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FUNDS TO LOCAL SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS TO MEET THE COSTS OF THE YEAR 2000 CONVERSION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  To the extent that the Director of the Budget finds that funds appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Commerce, Year 2000 Reserve Fund, and funds transferred from the State Information Processing System to the Department of Commerce, Year 2000 Reserve Fund, are not needed to cover the costs of the year 2000 conversion of State departments and agencies, the Director of the Budget shall transfer these funds by July 1, 1999, to the State Board of Education.  The State Board of Education shall make these funds available on a competitive grant basis to local school administrative units of education to cover their costs of the year 2000 conversion.  In awarding these grants, the State Board shall consider the ability of local school administrative units to provide for the conversion prior to January 1, 2000, and other factors the State Board deems appropriate. 
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.