Legislative Summary
Below is a summary of
legislative action affecting
education.
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summaries.
Table of Contents
Budget
Bill
Below is a summary of the legislative
budget bill pass during the 2005 session
SB 622 2005 Appropriations Act (S.L. 2005-276)
House Bills
11—Clarify Sch. Admin. Certification
Standards. (SL 2005-179)
182—Charter School Retirement
Election. (SL 2005-317)
218—Clinton ABC Net Proceeds Distribution.
(SL 2005-005)
320—Budget
Technical Corrections. (SL 2005-345)
328—Omnibus Local Laws. (SL 2005-305)
403—Amend Law on Purchase of PSAT for
Schools. (SL 2005-156)
404—Repeal Duplicative School Accreditation
Requirement. (SL 2005-155)
415—Make up Instructional Days/Hurricanes.
(SL 2005-48)
485—Charter School Retirement Election. (SL 2005-315)
496—Student Asthma Medications. (SL
2005-22)
563—Comm. Coll. May Train Lateral Entry
Teachers. (SL 2005-198)
583—Comm. Coll./Lead Agency for Job
Training. (SL 2005-77)
635—Public Comment at Local Board Meetings.
(SL 2005-170)
710—Retirement Systems Technical
Corrections. (SL 2005-91)
740—Transit Drug Testing. (SL 2005-157)
779—Increase the Penalty for
Truancy. (SL 2005-318)
855—Child Nutrition Standards. (SL
2005-457)
911—Streamline School Testing Program. (SL
2005-458)
1023- North Carolina State
Lottery Act—(SL 2005-344) as amended by Section 31.1 of SB 622 (SL 2005-276)
1032—Placing Students in Seclusion. (SL
2005-205)
1034—Rockingham Co. Schools Elections. (SL
2005-307)
1055—Jones School Board Vacancies. (SL
2005-107)
1076—Alt. Learning Prog/Sch Proposals. (SL
2005-446)
1310—Testing Requirements/Teacher Educ.
Students. (SL 2005-419)
1332—Electronic
Purchases and Sales. (SL 2005-227)
1400—School Bus Safety Act. (SL
2005-204)
1414—Help Teacher Assistants
Become Teachers. (SL 2005-302)
1491—Insurance for Social
Workers. (SL 2005-355)
1507—Amend Interpreter/Transliterator
License Act. (SL 2005-299)
1630—2005 Continuing Budget
Authority/Revenue. (SL 2005-144)
1631—Extend Continuing Budget
Authority. (SL 2005-201)
Senate Bills
82—Election Contests. (SL 2005-3)
133—Reconfirming Provisional Voting. (SL
2005-2)
191—Continue Budget Authority.
(SL 2005-246)
289—Chatham School Elections. (SL 2005-309)
368—Franklin School Elections Nonpartisan.
(SL 2005-80)
408—Study Ways to Reduce
Dropout Rate. (SL 2005-271)
462—Charlotte Speed Camera Sunset Extended.
(CH. SL 2005-27)
566—Facilitate Comm. Coll. Learn & Earn Prog.
(SL 2005-193)
630—Residential Schools Like Other Public
Schools. (SL 2005-195)
821—Permissible School Bus Routes Modified.
(SL 2005-151)
856—Access to Public Trial
Preparation Records. (SL 2005-332)
961—Child Nutrition Standards.
(SL 2005-253)
1029—Clarify/Enhance
Domestic Vio. & Tenancy Laws. (SL 2005-423)
1117—2005 Military Support Act. (SL
2005-445)
1124—Breach Confid.
Files/School Bd. Employees. (SL 2005-321)
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PUBLIC EDUCATION |
General Fund |
Recurring ®
Nonrecurring (NR) |
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FY 06-07 |
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Total Budget Approved
2005 Session |
$6,579,807,097 |
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Budget Changes |
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A. Adjustments & Transfers |
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1. Average Daily Membership (ADM) |
76,299,816 |
R |
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2. Budgeted Average Salary |
(71,776,440) |
R |
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3.
Budget
Receipts from NC Education Lottery for Class Size
Reduction |
(127,864,291) |
R |
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4. Exceptional Children |
(6,255,530) |
R |
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5. Transfer More at Four Program and Office of School
Readiness |
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6. Budget Receipts from NC Education Lottery for More at
Four |
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7. Adjust Projection of Receipts from Civil Penalties &
Forfeitures |
30,000,000 |
R |
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8. Budget Receipts from Teaching Fellows Trust Fund |
(340,657) |
R |
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B. Expansion: State Public
School Fund |
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9. Restore Base Budget Funding |
44,291,248 |
R |
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10. Low Wealth Supplemental Funding |
41,893,391 |
R |
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11. Disadvantaged Student Supplemental Funding (DSSF) |
27,002,670 |
R |
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12. Evaluate Effectiveness of DSSF and Low Wealth |
500,000 |
NR |
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13. Exceptional Children |
1,000,000 |
R |
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14. ABC Bonuses |
90,000,000 |
NR |
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15. Learn and Earn Initiative |
8,232,388 |
R |
|
|
1,433,360 |
NR |
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16. Small Specialty High Schools |
3,805,970 |
R |
|
|
661,680 |
NR |
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17. Virtual High School |
2,588,722 |
R |
|
|
189,132 |
NR |
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18. School Connectivity |
6,000,000 |
NR |
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19. Literacy Coaches |
4,767,400 |
R |
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20. Salary Supplement Pilot for Math and Science Teachers |
515,115 |
R |
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21. NCWISE |
1,900,000 |
NR |
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C. Expansion:
Department of Public Instruction |
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22. Legacy System Migration and Upgrade |
2,000,000 |
NR |
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23. Network Tool Replacement |
375,850 |
NR |
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24. Information Technology Security Analyst |
40,000 |
R |
|
|
0.50 |
|
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25. Business Continuity Planning Analyst |
42,500 |
R |
|
|
0.50 |
|
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26. Business Technology Applications Analyst |
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27. Purchasing Agent |
58,220 |
R |
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|
1.00 |
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28. Director of High School Turnaround |
122,350 |
R |
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|
1.00 |
|
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29. Office of Charter Schools |
161,127 |
R |
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|
2.00 |
|
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30. State Board of Education Operating Support |
50,000 |
NR |
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31. NC Wise Owl |
200,000 |
R |
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D. Expansion:
Pass-Through Funds |
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32. Communities in Schools |
1,000,000 |
NR |
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33. NC Network |
50,000 |
NR |
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34. Teach for America |
200,000 |
NR |
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35. NC Humanities Council Teacher Institute Program |
100,000 |
NR |
|
36. ExplorNet |
100,000 |
NR |
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37. Futures for Kids |
300,000 |
NR |
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38. Project Enlightenment |
50,000 |
NR |
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39. Kids Voting NC Funds |
250,000 |
NR |
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Budget Changes |
34,783,999 |
R |
|
|
105,160,022 |
NR |
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Total Position Changes |
5.00 |
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Revised Total Budget |
6,719,751,118 |
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UNC SYSTEM |
General Fund |
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FY 06-07 |
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Total Budget Approved
2005 Session |
$2,120,397,081 |
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72. UNC-NCCCS 2+2 Joint E-Learning Initiative |
1,000,000 |
NR |
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73. UNC-Chapel Hill DESTINY Traveling Science Lab |
500,000 |
R |
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74. Principals’ Executive Program Initiative |
250,000 |
NR |
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75. Expand Prospective Teacher Scholarship Loan Program |
1,000,000 |
R |
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80. NC
Teacher
Academy
Training of Literacy Coaches |
1,000,000 |
NR |
|
81. Expand Future Teachers of North Carolina Scholarship
Loan Program |
325,000 |
R |
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HIGHWAY FUND |
Highway Fund |
|
|
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FY 06-07 |
|
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Total Budget Approved
2005 Session |
$1,538,908,929 |
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8. Driver Education Funding |
457,971 |
R |
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STATEWIDE RESERVES |
General Fund |
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FY 06-07 |
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Total Budget Approved
2005 Session |
$1,149,242,725 |
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2. Public School Salary Increases |
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6. Add Additional Step to the Public School Teacher Salary
Schedule |
10,796,786 |
R |
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7. Fair Minimum Wage for Public School Non-certified
Employees |
8,582,073 |
R |
SB
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Special Provisions
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