NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 205

HOUSE BILL 242

 

 

AN ACT TO MAKE STUDENTS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES INSTITUTIONS ELIGIBLE FOR REMEDIATION FUNDS FOR STUDENTS WHO FAIL THE COMPETENCY TEST.

 

Whereas, funds have been appropriated to the Department of Public Education for remediation support for students in local school systems who fail the high school competency test; and

Whereas, those funds are presently not available for students in institutions administered by the Department of Human Resources who fail the test; and

Whereas, the Department of Human Resources and Department of Public Education agree that students in the Schools for the Deaf, Governor Morehead School and Division of Youth Services Schools should be equally eligible for remediation funds; Now, therefore,

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. Article 39A of Chapter 115 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read as follows:

"§ 115-320.14. Remediation funds. - Funds appropriated for the purpose of remediation support for students who fail the high school competency test shall be distributed in accord with rules and regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education. The State Board of Education shall allocate remediation funds to institutions administered by the Department of Human Resources on the same basis as funds allocated to other local education agencies."

Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 13th day of April, 1981.