GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 465

HOUSE BILL 337

 

AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE LAW REGARDING THE COST ALLOCATION IN EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN'S OUT-OF-DISTRICT PLACEMENT.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 115C-115(3) is amended in the first sentence by deleting the phrase ", out-of-state school or a school in another local educational agency" and by substituting the phrase "or an out-of-state school"; and is further amended by inserting new sentences between the third and fourth to read:

"If the placement of the child in a school in another local educational agency is determined by the local superintendents to be the most cost effective way to provide an appropriate education to that child and the child is not currently being educated by the Department of Human Resources or the Department of Correction, the two local educational agencies shall enter into an agreement concerning the payment for services. The State is not obligated to provide any additional funds in this case."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1986.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 25th day of June, 1985.