FILED SENATE
Mar 19, 2019
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
S.B. 301
SESSION 2019 PRINCIPAL CLERK
S D
SENATE BILL DRS45130-TC-16
Short Title: Regional School Transportation. (Public)
Sponsors: Senator Brown (Primary Sponsor).
Referred to:
1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
2 AN ACT TO EXTEND STUDY OF CURRENT STATUTES ON REGIONAL SCHOOLS AND
3 CLARIFY REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSPORTATION FOR PARTICIPATING UNITS
4 IN AN APPROVED REGIONAL SCHOOL.
5 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
6 SECTION 1. S.L. 2018-5, Sec. 7.16, reads as rewritten:
7 "SECTION 7.16.(a) The Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee shall study the
8 current statutory requirements for the formation, approval, and expansion of regional schools and
9 shall study the issue of whether a withdrawal process for participating units from a regional
10 school should be added to the statutes governing regional schools. The Committee shall make
11 recommendations on any statutory changes no later than January 15, 2019, to the General
12 Assembly.
13 "SECTION 7.16.(b) No participating unit in an approved regional school currently
14 operating in the State shall withdraw from the regional school unless the General Assembly,
15 following the review and recommendations of the Joint Legislative Education Oversight
16 Committee, provides a statutory process for such withdrawal. Participating units shall continue
17 to (i) receive allotments for student seats, (ii) transfer local funds to the regional school, (iii)
18 provide transportation, transportation substantially similar to the transportation provided to
19 students in the 2018-2019 school year, and (iv) comply with all other requirements of Part 10 of
20 Article 16 of Chapter 115C of the General Statutes for participating units.
21 "SECTION 7.16.(c) This section is effective when this act becomes law."
22 SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
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Statutes affected:
Edition 2: 115C-238.62
Ratified: 115C-238.62
SL 2019-184: 115C-238.62