A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT requiring the new hanover county board of EDUCATION to study success centers before implementing them in the new hanover county schools.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The New Hanover County Board of Education shall conduct a complete fact‑finding study of Success Centers. In the course of the study, the board shall consider:
(1)	The success of similar facilities in and out of the State;
(2)	The cost of operating such centers, including the cost of:
a.	Staffing the center with highly qualified teachers and teachers certified in the areas being taught;
b.	Providing optimum learning environments, resources, and materials that will ensure each student a sound, basic education; and
c.	Providing support staff, including school counselors, psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, social workers, nurses, and other professionals to help students and their families work out complex issues and problems.
SECTION 2.  The New Hanover County Board of Education shall not implement any Success Centers in the New Hanover County Schools until it has completed the study required by Section 1 of this act and considered its results.
SECTION 3.  This act applies only to the New Hanover County School Administrative Unit.
SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.