GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1395*

Short Title:  Close Academic Achievement Gap/Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Martin of Guilford; Carter, Dannelly, Garrou, and Garwood.

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Referred to:  Appropriations/Base Budget.

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May 23, 2000

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO CLOSE THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT GAP THAT EXISTS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
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 forty million nine hundred sixty-six thousand four hundred dollars ($40,966,400) for the 2000-2001 fiscal year.  Of these funds:
(1)	The sum of thirty-one million three hundred eighty-six thousand eight hundred dollars ($31,386,800) shall be used for activities and programs to close the academic achievement gap that exists between minority and at-risk students and other students in the public schools; and
(2)	The sum of nine million five hundred seventy-nine thousand six hundred dollars ($9,579,600) shall be used to address the needs of students with limited english proficiency.
Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2000.