GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1518

Short Title:  LEP Student Assistance Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Kinnaird; Albertson, Carter, Clodfelter, Cooper, Dalton, Garrou, Gulley, Hagan, Harris, Jordan, Lee, Lucas, Metcalf, Miller, Odom, Perdue, Phillips, Purcell, Rand, Reeves, Rucho, Shaw of Cumberland, Soles, Warren, Weinstein, and Wellons.

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Referred to:  Appropriations/ Base Budget.

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May 30, 2000

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR STUDENTS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY.
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 2000-2001 fiscal year to provide services to students with limited proficiency in the English language.  The State Board of Education shall allocate these funds on the basis of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each student identified in accordance with State Board guidelines as having limited English proficiency.
Local school administrative units shall use funds allocated to them to pay for classroom teachers, teacher assistants, textbooks, classroom materials/instructional supplies/equipment, and staff development for students with limited English proficiency.
A county in which a local school administrative unit receives funds under this section shall use the funds to supplement local current expense funds and shall not supplant local current expense funds.
Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2000.