GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

S	1 

SENATE BILL 730*

Short Title:  Funds for Remediation Days.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Reeves and Carter.

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Referred to:  Appropriations/Base Budget.

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April 1, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DAYS OF INSTRUCTION FOR CHILDREN WHO RECEIVE LOW GRADES ON END-OF-GRADE OR END-OF-COURSE TESTS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to State Aid to Local School Administrative Units the sum of sixty-six million dollars ($66,000,000) for the 1999-2000 fiscal year and the sum of sixty-six million dollars ($66,000,000) for the 2000-2001 fiscal year to provide an additional 20 instructional days a year for children who score at proficiency levels I or II on end-of-grade or end-of-course tests.  Local boards of education may schedule these additional instructional days in hourly or daily increments to meet the needs of their students.
Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1999.