A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to clarify the statute regarding state funding for visiting international exchange teachers.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C‑105.25(b)(5a) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Subject to the following limitations, local boards of education may transfer and may approve transfers of funds between funding allotment categories:
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(5a)	Positions allocated for classroom teachers may be converted to dollar equivalents to contract for visiting international exchange teachers. These positions shall be converted at the statewide average salary for classroom teachers, including benefits. If there is a decrease in this average, the conversion amount shall be the same as the amount used in the previous fiscal year.
The converted funds shall be used only to cover the costs associated with bringing visiting international exchange teachers to the local school administrative unit through a State‑approved visiting international exchange teacher program and supporting the visiting exchange teachers."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2008.