A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to allow additional methods of transfer and assignment of students between the surry county, Mt. Airy City, and Elkin City school administrative units.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C‑366 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(d1)	Notwithstanding subsection (d) of this section, a student domiciled in a local school administrative unit shall, upon request by the student's parent or guardian, be assigned without the payment of tuition to another local school administrative unit located within the same county if the other local school administrative unit has existing seats available beyond those necessary for students domiciled within that unit. The student shall be subject to the payment of applicable out‑of‑unit fees in effect at the time. The local boards of education involved shall record the transfer in writing and enter it in the official records of the boards. The assignment shall be effective only for the current school year but shall be renewed annually as long as the local school administrative unit to which the student has transferred has existing seats available beyond those necessary for students domiciled within that unit. The transferred student shall be considered in attendance in the local school administrative unit to which the student has transferred for all purposes during that school year."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 115C‑366 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(d2)	Notwithstanding subsection (d) of this section, if a local board of education requests capital outlay funding for construction of a new building or enlargement of an existing building to increase seats for students and another local board of education within the same county has existing seats available beyond those necessary for students domiciled within the unit, a board of county commissioners may direct the local boards of education within the county to enter into an agreement to assign students without the payment of tuition to the local school administrative unit with existing seats available. The agreement shall be in writing between the local boards of education involved and entered in the official records of the local boards. The assignment shall be effective only for the current school year but may be renewed annually in the discretion of the board of county commissioners. The transferred students shall be considered in attendance in the local school administrative unit to which the students are transferred for all purposes during that school year."
SECTION 3.  This act applies to Surry County, Surry County Schools, Mount Airy City Schools, and Elkin City Schools only.
SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.