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NC H347
Bill
Status
3/22/2021
Primary Sponsor
Cynthia Ball
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AI Summary
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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.
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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.
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New funds must supplement, not replace, any existing funds already allocated for school nurses by local school administrative units.
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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