GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	1 

SENATE BILL 598

Short Title:  Special Needs Children Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Rand; Kerr, Page, and Shaw of Cumberland.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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April 1, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ALLOCATE TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the State Board of Education the sum of one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) for the 1997-98 fiscal year to allocate to local educational agencies for children with special needs reassigned to group homes but not included in the head count of children with special needs upon which the original funding for local educational agencies was based or for children with special needs in counties with special populations that frequently fluctuate in numbers such as military personnel.  The State Board of Education shall allocate these funds upon applications made by local educational agencies.
Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1997.