A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO FUND SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS AND INCREASE CRISIS INTERVENTION TRAINING.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction the sum of one hundred eighteen million seven hundred ninety‑six thousand five hundred sixty‑eight dollars ($118,796,568) in recurring funds for the 2018‑2019 fiscal year to be allocated to each local administrative unit to employ school resource officers at a ratio of at least one school resource officer for every 500 students.
SECTION 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction the sum of twenty‑seven thousand two hundred eighty dollars ($27,280) in nonrecurring funds for the 2018‑2019 fiscal year to provide Crisis Intervention Team Training on Recognizing Youth Related Emotional and Mental Health Crisis (CIT‑Youth) for school resource officers and other personnel supporting youth in crisis.
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2018.