Bill Text: NC S557 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: NC Pre-K Funding Pilot

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-06-18 - Re-ref Com On Finance [S557 Detail]

Download: North_Carolina-2013-S557-Amended.html

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2013

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SENATE BILL 557

 

 

Short Title:        Amend Report Date/NC Pre‑K Funding Pilot.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Senator Hise (Primary Sponsor).
Referred to:	Education/Higher Education.

April 1, 2013

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to amend the date the department of health and Human services, division of child development and early education, is to report on a pilot program for funding of the NC Prekindergarten program.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Section 10.1(b) of S.L. 2012‑142 reads as rewritten:

"SECTION 10.1.(b)  The Division of Child Development and Early Education (Division) shall create a pilot program that provides funding for NC Pre‑K classrooms on a per classroom basis. The pilot program shall include three different NC Pre‑K contractual regions that are geographically diverse. The local NC Pre‑K administrator shall contract with the provider for operation of a classroom established pursuant to the pilot program. The Division shall report to the House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, the Senate Appropriations/Base Budget Committee on Health and Human Services, and the Fiscal Research Division on the pilot program no later than January 31, 2013.2014. The report shall include the following:

(1)        The number of students served.

(2)        The amount of funds paid for each classroom.

(3)        The amount of funds paid per student.

(4)        The attendance information on students in the pilot program as compared to those students in a classroom having a traditional funding structure.

(5)        Information on the number of students and students' families using the Subsidized Early Education for Kids (SEEK) system.

(6)        A cost comparison of the classroom pilots to the average cost per student through the per student funding methodology."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.