GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

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HOUSE BILL 1725*

Short Title:        School Support Division Changes.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representatives Tolson, Bell, Lucas, Yongue (Primary Sponsors);  Adams, Harrison, Hughes, Love, Pierce, and Wainwright.
Referred to:	Education, if favorable, Appropriations.

May 17, 2010

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to require the state board of education to allocate up to two million dollars to support positions in the School Support Division at the Department of Public Instruction and to use the funds also to help local school administrative units with green building design oversight and architectural support for functional and sanitary environmental practices as recommended by the joint legislative education oversight committee.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C-546.2(a) reads as rewritten:

"(a)       Of the monies credited to the Fund by the Secretary of Revenue pursuant to G.S. 115C-546.1(b), the State Board of Education may shall allocate up to one two million dollars ($1,000,000) ($2,000,000) each year to the Department of Public Instruction.Instruction to support positions in the School Support Division. These funds also shall be used by the Plant Operation Section and School Planning Section of the School Support Division to assist each local school administrative unit with effective energy and environmental management, effective water management, green building design oversight, hazardous material management, clean air quality, and engineering and architectural support for safe, functional, sanitary, and effective environmental practices. The remainder of the monies in the Fund shall be allocated to the counties on a per average daily membership basis according to the average daily membership for the budget year as determined and certified by the State Board of Education. Interest earned on funds allocated to each county shall be allocated to that county.

The Department of Public Instruction shall report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee by April 15 of each year on the effectiveness of the program in accomplishing its purpose and on any other information requested by the Committee."

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2010.