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NC H347

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/22/2021

Primary Sponsor

Cynthia Ball

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Origin

House of Representatives

2021-2022 Session

AI Summary

  • Requires local school boards to ensure at least one full-time, permanent school nurse is staffed in every school within their administrative unit beginning in the 2021-2022 school year.

  • Appropriates $102,000,000 in recurring General Fund money to the Department of Public Instruction for the 2021-2022 fiscal year to increase the Instructional Support Allotment for school nurse positions.

  • New funds must supplement, not replace, any existing funds already allocated for school nurses by local school administrative units.

  • Act becomes effective July 1, 2021, with the school nurse requirement applying beginning in the 2021-2022 school year.

Legislative Description

Healthy Students - Nurses in Every School

Appropriations

Last Action

Ref to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Health, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

3/23/2021

Committee Referrals

Appropriations3/23/2021

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