NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1975 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 941

HOUSE BILL 741

 

 

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO BE ALLOCATED TO LOCAL BOARDS OF EDUCATION TO DEFRAY A SHARE OF THE COST OF OPERATING PUBLIC SCHOOL PLANTS.

 

Whereas, the costs of plant operation have increased at an accelerating rate for the past several years; and

Whereas, the percent of State support for this purpose has declined steadily during the same period; and

Whereas, current appropriations of State funds are totally inadequate in view of the major burden placed on local resources; and

Whereas, the costs of plant operation have risen despite conservation efforts in North Carolina schools which have resulted in substantial energy savings; Now, therefore,

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the State Board of Education as a part of the Public School Fund the sum of eight hundred thousand dollars ($800,000) for the 1975-76 fiscal year and the sum of one million six hundred thousand dollars ($1,600,000) for the 1976-77 fiscal year for defraying cost incurred in operating school plants in the public school system. These funds shall be allotted to local boards of education by the State Board of Education for Code 633 - Water, Light and Power.

Sec. 2.  The initial allocation of these funds each year of the biennium shall be based on formulas determined by the State Board of Education.

Sec. 3.  The State Board of Education may authorize transfer within operation of plant codes upon the request of local school boards.

Sec. 4.  This act shall become effective on July 1, 1975.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 26th day of June, 1975.