A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH A COUNTY MAY REDUCE APPROPRIATIONS TO A SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT AFTER PASSAGE OF THE BUDGET ORDINANCE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 159‑13(b)(9) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	The following directions and limitations shall bind the governing board in adopting the budget ordinance:
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(9)	Appropriations made to a school administrative unit by a county may not be reduced after the budget ordinance is adopted, unless the board of education of the administrative unit agrees by resolution to a reduction."
SECTION 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction for fiscal year 2002‑2003 the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to assist counties and boards of education in administering this act.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.