GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

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SENATE BILL 265

Short Title:        Fund Only One School System Per County.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Senator Rand.
Referred to:	Education/Higher Education.

February 24, 2009

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT directing the state board of education to provide funds for only one local school administrative unit per county.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Board of Education shall allot State funds on the basis of only one local school administrative unit per county.  To implement this change, the State Board shall change formulas that allot funds on a per local school administrative unit basis to formulas that allot funds on a per county basis.  If the amount previously allotted per local school administrative unit was graduated on the basis of average daily membership, the amount allotted per county shall be graduated on the basis of the total average daily membership of all units located in the county.

If a city school administrative unit is located in more than one county, the State Board of Education shall include in each county's average daily membership the average daily membership of the county's students in the city school administrative unit.

If a county contains more than one local school administrative unit, the State Board shall divide the amount allotted on a per county basis between the units on the basis of average daily membership.

SECTION 2.  This act does not apply to allotments to the Nash‑Rocky Mount School Administrative Unit, the Edgecombe County School Administrative Unit, the Cleveland County School Administrative Unit, or the Gaston County School Administrative Unit.

SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2009.