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NC S331
Bill
AI Summary
- Requires each school within a local school administrative unit in North Carolina to employ at least one full-time, permanent school nurse beginning in the 2021-2022 school year
- Appropriates $102,000,000 in recurring General Fund monies to the Department of Public Instruction for the 2021-2022 fiscal year to increase the Instructional Support Allotment for school nurse positions
- Mandates that appropriated funds supplement, not replace, existing funds already allocated for school nurses
- Becomes effective July 1, 2021, with the school nurse requirement applying starting in the 2021-2022 school year
- Sponsored by Senators Nickel, Crawford, and Mohammed in response to the need for enhanced student health services, particularly amid COVID-19 disruptions
Legislative Description
Healthy Students - Nurses in Every School
Appropriations
Last Action
Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
3/23/2021
Committee Referrals
Rules and Operations of the Senate3/23/2021
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