Change to EC Funding Formula.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 1
HOUSE BILL 239

Short Title: Change to EC Funding Formula. (Public)
Sponsors: Representatives Scott, Almond, Penny, and Rhyne (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to: Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
March 3, 2025
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO MODIFY THE CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES FUNDING FORMULA. 2
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 3
SECTION 1.(a) G.S. 115C-111.05 reads as rewritten: 4
"§ 115C-111.05. Funding for children with disabilities. 5
To the extent funds are made available for this purpose, the State Board shall allocate funds 6
for children with disabilities to each local school administrative unit public school unit, except 7
those operating under Article 9C of this Chapter, on a per chil d basis. Each local school 8
administrative unit public school unit receiving funds pursuant to this section shall receive funds 9
for the lesser of (i) all children who are identified as children with disabilities or (ii) thirteen 10
percent (13%) of its the sum of the allocated average daily membership in the public school units 11
co-located within the boundaries of a local school administrative unit for the current school 12
year.year, plus the number of students that received scholarship grants pursuant to Part 2A of 13
Article 39 of this Chapter for the most recent school year that data is available and reside within 14
the boundaries of the local school administrative unit." 15
SECTION 1.(b) The State Education Assistance Authority shall provide to the 16
Department of Public Instruction by March 15 of each year the number of students that received 17
scholarship grants pursuant to Part 2A of Article 39 of Chapter 115C of the General Statutes that 18
resided within the boundaries of each local school administrative unit during the most recent 19
school year. 20
SECTION 2. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of 21
Public Instruction the sum of twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) in recurring funds for the 22
2025-2026 fiscal year to be allocated to public school units for children with disabilities funding. 23
SECTION 3. This act becomes effective July 1, 2025, and applies beginning with 24
the funding allocations for the 2025-2026 fiscal year. 25