A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide an equal number of seats for EACH PARTICIPATING unit in a regional SCHOOL for at least fifty percent of the available seats with The remaining available SEATS ALLOTTED PROPortionate to student population of each unit.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C‑238.67(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Participating Unit Allotments. – The number of student seats in the freshman class of the regional school shall be allotted in an equal amount for each participating unit for at least fifty percent (50%) of the available seats. After the initial allotment under this subsection, the remaining available seats shall be assigned proportionate to the total student population of the participating units, as determined by the participating unit's final average daily membership in the preceding school year. If fewer students residing in a participating unit elect to attend the regional school than available allotted seats, the remaining seats shall be divided proportionally among the other participating units."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies with a freshman class entering a regional school for the 2019‑2020 school year and each subsequent school year.