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NC H1203
Bill
Status
5/26/2020
Primary Sponsor
Cynthia Ball
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AI Summary
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Requires local school boards in North Carolina to staff each school with at least one full-time, permanent school nurse beginning in the 2020-2021 school year.
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Appropriates $102,000,000 in recurring General Fund dollars to the Department of Public Instruction for the 2020-2021 fiscal year to increase the Instructional Support Allotment for school nurse positions.
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Mandates that appropriated funds supplement rather than replace existing school nurse funding already provided by local units.
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Becomes effective July 1, 2020, with the school nurse requirement applying beginning in the 2020-2021 school year.
Legislative Description
Ensure Healthy Schools/COVID-19
Last Action
Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
5/27/2020