A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to authorize the Legislative Research Commission to study allowing charter schools to share in lottery proceeds for school construction purposes.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The Legislative Research Commission may study the issue of whether charter schools should be eligible for a proportionate share of the proceeds of the North Carolina Education Lottery allocated for school construction purposes.  The study shall include a review of existing laws related to charter school funding with respect to school construction, renovation, and expansion and a review of statutes related to the North Carolina Education Lottery.
SECTION 2.  The Legislative Research Commission may make an interim report to the 2008 Regular Session of the 2007 General Assembly and shall make its final report to the 2009 General Assembly.
SECTION 3.  The Legislative Services Officer shall allocate funds appropriated to the General Assembly for the expenditures of the Legislative Services Commission in conducting this study.
SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.