A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to repeal the right of A school board to file legal action challenging the sufficiency of funds appropriated to the capital outlay fund.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C‑431 reads as rewritten:
"§ 115C‑431.  Procedure for resolution of dispute between board of education and board of county commissioners.
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(b1)	If agreement is not reached in mediation on the amount of money appropriated to the local current expense fund, and the amount to be appropriated has not been calculated pursuant to this subsection for longer than the prior year, the sum to be appropriated for the budget year in dispute shall be calculated as follows:
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(b3)	Neither the local board of education nor the board of county commissioners shall file any legal action challenging the determination as to the funds to be appropriated by the board of county commissioners to the local current expense fund in accordance with the formulas found in subsections (b1) and (b2) of this section.

	

(f)	If agreement is not reached in mediation on the amount of money appropriated to the capital outlay fund, the decision of the county commissioners is final. The local board of education shall not file any legal action challenging the sufficiency of the funds appropriated by the board of county commissioners to the capital outlay fund."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 115C‑432(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	After the board of county commissioners has made its appropriations to the local school administrative unit, or after the procedure set out in G.S. 115C‑431 has been concluded, the board of education shall adopt a budget resolution making appropriations for the budget year in such sums as the board may deem sufficient and proper. The budget resolution shall conform to the uniform budget format established by the State Board of Education."
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to budget ordinances adopted on or after that date.