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NC H1203

Bill

Status

Introduced

5/26/2020

Primary Sponsor

Cynthia Ball

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Origin

House of Representatives

2019-2020 Session

AI Summary

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Mandates that appropriated funds supplement rather than replace existing school nurse funding already provided by local units.

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Health5/27/2020

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