A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate additional funds for very small county school systems.
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 million five hundred four thousand eight hundred thirty‑two dollars ($1,504,832) for the 2009‑2010 fiscal year and the sum of one million five hundred four thousand eight hundred thirty‑two dollars ($1,504,832) for the 2010‑2011 fiscal year.  These funds shall be distributed to county school administrative units that have less than 1,500 students and shall be used to reduce the ratio of students to teachers in grades K‑5 by one, in grades 6‑8 by two, and in grades 9‑12 by three.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2009.