Bill Text: NC H998 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Funds to Reduce Class Size in K-3

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-21 - Ref To Com On Appropriations [H998 Detail]

Download: North_Carolina-2011-H998-Amended.html

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

 SESSION 2011

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HOUSE BILL 998

 

 

Short Title:        Funds to Reduce Class Size in K‑3.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representatives Glazier, M. Alexander, Gill, and Rapp (Primary Sponsors). For a complete list of Sponsors, see Bill Information on the NCGA Web Site.
Referred to:	Appropriations.

May 21, 2012

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to appropriate funds to reduce class size in kindergarten through third grade.

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 ninety‑two million eight hundred eighty‑five thousand eight hundred seventy‑seven dollars ($92,885,877) for the 2012‑2013 fiscal year to reduce class size in kindergarten through third grade.  Notwithstanding G.S. 115C‑301 or any other law, local school administrative units shall have the maximum flexibility to use these additional teacher positions to maximize student achievement in kindergarten through third grade.

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2012.