A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to study the financial costs to the State and local school ADMINISTRATIVE units to receive federal educational funds and the cost to the state and local school administrative units of compliance with federal mandates related to the funding.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  By no later than January 1, 2016, the Department of Public Instruction shall study, report, and provide any supporting data to the Program Evaluation Division on the cost of compliance with federal education funding mandates by local education agencies.
SECTION 2.  The Joint Legislative Program Evaluation Oversight Committee shall consider including in the 2015‑2016 Work Plan for the Program Evaluation Division of the General Assembly an evaluation of the cost of compliance with federal education funding mandates for K‑12 education and, if included in the Work Plan, report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly at a date to be determined by the Committee.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.