Lower Taxes for Scotland County.

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SESSION 2025
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SENATE BILL 127
Finance Committee Substitute Adopted 3/18/25

Short Title: Lower Taxes for Scotland County. (Local)
Sponsors:
Referred to:
February 24, 2025
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE SCOTLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TO 2
ADOPT A SCHOOL BUDGE T IN ITS DISCRETION, TO ELIMINATE THE 3
MANDATORY SCHOOL FUN DING FLOOR, AND TO M AKE CONFORMING 4
CHANGES. 5
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 6
SECTION 1. Chapter 707 of the 1963 Session Laws, as amended by S.L. 1973-306, 7
2002-66, 2004-203, and 2006-171, reads as rewritten: 8
"Section 1. The purposes of this Act, among others, are to provide an enabling Statute, in 9
addition to other Statutes which may be available for such purposes, for the merger of the 10
Laurinburg City School Administrative Unit and the Scotland County School Administrative 11
Unit. 12
"Sec. 2. The Laurinburg City Board of Education and the Scotland County Board of 13
Education, by majority vote of the full membership of each of said Boards, may jointly petition 14
the Scotland County Board of Commissioners for a county -wide election on the following 15
subjects: 16
(a) The merger of the Laurinburg City School Administrative Unit and t he Scotland 17
County School Administrative Unit and their respective Boards of Education. 18
(b) The construction of a new consolidated high school to be established to serve the 19
students assigned to Gibson High School, Laurel Hill High School, Laurinburg High School, and 20
Wagram High School, and the issuance of bonds pursuant to the County Finance Act, as 21
amended, for construction of said consolidated high school and for other school purposes in an 22
amount to be determined by the Scotland County Board of Commissi oners upon the 23
recommendation of the existing City and County Boards of Education. 24
(c) To require the Laurinburg -Scotland County Board of Education to request and the 25
Scotland County Board of Commissioners to appropriate annually from any local sources, 26
including both general and supplemental tax revenues, such funds as will provide, at a minimum, 27
current expense expenditures per student from local funds which shall be no less than the average 28
current expense expenditures per student from local funds throug hout the State, as determined 29
by the latest certification of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. 30
(d) To authorize the County Commissioners to levy a county -wide supplemental school 31
tax not to exceed fifty cents (50¢) per one hundred dollar valuation. 32
"Sec. 3. Upon the receipt of such petition, it shall be the duty of the Scotland County Board 33
of Commissioners to call an election upon the foregoing subjects within sixty (60) days thereafter 34
and fix the date for the same. The provisions of this Act, relating to the merger of the Laurinburg 35
City School Administrative Unit and the Scotland County School Administrative Unit, shall be 36
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contingent upon the approval, by a majority of the voters voting in a county-wide election, of all 1
the proposals as set out in subsections (a) through (d) of Section 2 of this Act. The said election 2
shall be conducted in accordance with the applicable provisions of the General Statutes of North 3
Carolina. 4
"Sec. 4.(a) The Scotland County Board of Education shall be comprised of 8 members. Five 5
of the members shall be residents of the Stewartsville Township and 3 of the members shall be 6
residents of any of the remaining 3 townships in Scotland County at large. 7
(b) Beginning with a primary election to be held in 1974, 2 members who shall be 8
residents of the Stewartsville Township and 2 members, who shall be residents of the other 3 9
townships at large shall be elected to membership on the Scotland County Board of Education 10
for initial terms of 4 years to expire in 1978. Beginning with a primary election to be held in 11
1976, 3 members, who shall be residents of the Stewartsville Township, and 1 member, who shall 12
be a resident of any of the other 3 townships, shall be elected to membership on the said board 13
for initial terms of 4 years to expire in 1980. In 1978 when the initial terms of the first 4 members 14
expire and in the regular county -wide biennial election of that year and in each regular 15
county-wide biennial election thereafter, four members shall be elected for terms of four y ears 16
each. 17
(c) The initial election for the 4 year terms of the 2 Stewartsville Township members and 18
the 2 members at large shall be conducted according to the procedure set forth in subsections 19
(d)(1) and (2) which provide for the regular elections for th ese seats beginning in 1978 and the 20
initial election for the four -year terms of the other 3 Stewartsville Township members and the 21
other 1 member at large shall be conducted in accordance with the procedures set forth in 22
subsection (d)(3) and (4) which pro vides for regular elections for these seats on the board 23
beginning in 1980. 24
(d) The procedure for election of members to the Scotland County Board of Education 25
beginning in 1978 and every 2 years thereafter shall be as follows: 26
(1) At a primary election to be held in 1978 and every four years thereafter at the 27
same time as the primary for the nomination of county officers 2 persons who 28
shall reside within the Stewartsville Township and 2 persons who shall reside 29
within any one of the other 3 Scotland County Townships at large shall be 30
elected for terms of 4 years each. 31
(2) (a) The 2 candidates from Stewartsville Township receiving the largest 32
number of votes in the primary election shall be the nominees whose 33
names shall be placed upon the ballot at the general election and the 2 34
candidates at large from the other 3 Scotland County Townships who 35
shall receive the largest number of votes in the primary election shall 36
be the at large nominees whose names shall be placed upon the ballot 37
at the general election; provided however, that if 2 or fewer candidates 38
should file for nomination from the Stewartsville Township and if 2 or 39
fewer candidates should file for the nomination from the other 3 40
townships at large the names of such candidates shall be placed on the 41
ballot for the general election and there shall be no primary election 42
for the Stewartsville Township or for the 3 at large townships. 43
(b) If the number of candidates who file for nomination from the 44
Stewartsville Township is twice or fewer than the number of vacancies 45
from Stewartsville Township the names of such candidates shall be 46
placed on the ballot for the general election and there shall be no 47
primary election; provided further, that if the number of candidates 48
who file for nomination from the Stewartsville Township is more than 49
twice the number of vacancies from the Stewartsville Township there 50
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shall be placed on the ballot at the general election the four (twice the 1
number of vacancies) candidates receiving the largest number of votes. 2
(c) If the number of candidates who file for nomination from the other 3 3
Scotland County Townships is twice or fewer than the number of 4
vacancies from the other 3 Scotland County Townships the names of 5
such candidates shall be placed on the ballot for the general electi on 6
and there shall be no primary election; provided further, that if the 7
number of candidates who file for nomination from the other 3 8
Scotland County Townships is more than twice the number of 9
vacancies from the other 3 Scotland County Townships there shall be 10
placed on the ballot at the general election the 4 (twice the number of 11
vacancies) candidates receiving the largest number of votes. 12
(3) At a primary election to be held in 1980 and every 4 years thereafter at the 13
same time as the primary for the nomination of county officers 3 persons who 14
shall reside within the Stewartville Township and 1 person who shall reside 15
within any 1 of the other 3 Scotland County Townships at large shall be 16
elected to membership on the Scotland County Board of Education for terms 17
of 4 years each. 18
(4) (a) The 3 candidates from Stewartsville Township receiving the largest 19
number of votes in the primary election and the 1 candidate from the 20
other 3 Scotland County Townships receiving the largest number of 21
votes in the primary election shall be the nominees whose names shall 22
be placed upon the ballot at the general election; provided however, 23
that if 3 or fewer candidates should file for nomination from the 24
Stewartsville Township or no more than 1 candidate should file for 25
nomination from the other 3 townships at large the names of such 26
candidates shall be placed on the ballot for the general election and 27
there shall be no primary election for the Stewartsville Township or 28
for Scotland County at large. 29
(b) If the number of candida tes who file for nomination from the 30
Stewartsville Township is twice or fewer than the number of vacancies 31
from Stewartsville Township the names of such candidates shall be 32
placed on the ballot for the general election and there shall be no 33
primary election; provided further, that if the number of candidates 34
who file for nomination from the Stewartsville Township is more than 35
twice the number of vacancies from the Stewartsville Township there 36
shall be placed on the ballot at the general election the 6 (twic e the 37
number of vacancies) candidates receiving the largest number of votes. 38
(c) If the number of candidates who file for nomination from the other 3 39
Scotland County Townships at large shall be twice or fewer than the 40
number of vacancies from the other 3 Scotland County Townships the 41
names of such candidates shall be placed on the ballot for the general 42
election and there shall be no primary election; provided further that if 43
the number of candidates who file for the nomination from the other 3 44
Scotland Cou nty Townships is more than twice the number of 45
vacancies from the other 3 Scotland County Townships there shall be 46
placed on the ballot at the general election the 2 (twice the number of 47
vacancies) candidates receiving the largest number of votes. 48
(e) Repealed by Section 6 of Session Law 2006-171. 49
(f) The Board of Education shall prepare a ballot for use in the primaries and general 50
elections which shall be separate from other ballots and on which shall be listed separately the 51
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candidates from the Stewartsville Township and the candidates from the 3 other Scotland County 1
Townships at large. The names of the candidates shall be placed on a ballot separate from other 2
ballots, bearing no party designation, and no party affiliation need be indicated at the t ime of 3
filing. Except as herein provided, all primary elections and general elections shall be held, 4
conducted and supervised by the County Board of Elections under the laws and regulations 5
providing for the election of county officers. 6
(g) All candidates for membership on the Scotland County Board of Education shall file 7
a notice of such candidacy with the Board of Elections not later than 12:00 p.m. on the Monday 8
preceding the tenth Tuesday before the primary election is to be held and each candidate shal l 9
pay a filing fee of ten dollars ($10.00) and in addition shall certify in writing whether he is filing 10
for the Stewartsville Township seat or the at-large seat, the township within which he resides and 11
that he is a bona fide resident thereof, said notice to be filed with the Scotland County Board of 12
Elections. 13
(h) All persons registered and qualified to vote in the general election shall be qualified 14
to vote in the primary. All qualified voters of Scotland County may vote in any primary or general 15
election held pursuant to this act and may vote for all candidates for the Board of Education 16
regardless of their residence in either the Stewartsville Township or the at-large townships. 17
(i) Any vacancies which may occur on the Scotland County Board of Education after the 18
election of the members of the Board in 1974 shall be filled by appointment by a majority of the 19
remaining members of the board for the unexpired term; provided that, if the seat which shall 20
become vacant is held by a resident of Stewartsville T ownship his successor shall likewise be a 21
resident of the Stewartsville Township and if the seat which shall become vacant is held by a 22
resident of the at-large townships his successor shall likewise be a resident of one of the at-large 23
townships. 24
(j) In the event no candidate is elected in the general election to fill any term which is 25
about to expire then and in that event the Scotland County Board of Education shall declare a 26
vacancy and such vacancy shall be filled in accordance with subsection (i). 27
"Sec. 5. The following provisions shall apply in the event of merger under the plan provided 28
for in this Act. 29
(a) The Consolidated Board shall be the County Board of Education in and for Scotland 30
County and shall have county -wide jurisdiction over the public school system in Scotland 31
County, including all municipalities located therein. The name of the Consolidated Board shall 32
be: Laurinburg-Scotland County Board of Education. The public school system of Scotland 33
County shall be known as and shall use the style of "Scotland County School System," and the 34
Board of Education shall be known as and shall use the style of "Scotland County Board of 35
Education." 36
(b) Repealed by Section 2 of Chapter 306 of the 1973 Session Laws. 37
(c) For the fiscal year beginning July 1 immediately following merging of the two Boards 38
of Education, if the Consolidated Board is not created in sufficient time to present its 39
supplemental tax budget and its capital outlay, debt service and current expense budgets within 40
the time prescribed by law for said fiscal year, then the members of the Scotland County Board 41
of Education and the members of the Laurinburg City Board of Education, acting jointly and by 42
a majority vote of all members present, shall determine the amount and contents of the 43
supplemental tax budget requested for the fiscal year beginning July 1 of that year, and shall give 44
the Scotland County Board of Commissioners due notice thereof in time to levy such taxes as 45
may be necessary to provide funds for said budget for that year, and the said two Boards of 46
Education, acting in like manner, shall prepare and submit to the said Board of Commissioners 47
the capital outlay, debt service, and current expense budgets for that fiscal year within the time 48
prescribed by law. 49
(d) Each year follow ing the merging of the two Boards of Education, at the same time 50
the other school budgets are filed, the Laurinburg-Scotland County Board of Education shall file 51
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a supplemental tax budget which, when added to the regular budget, shall provide, at a minimum, 1
current expense expenditures per student from local funds which are no less than the average 2
current expense expenditures per student from local funds throughout the State as determined by 3
the latest certification of the State Superintendent of Public In struction. The said Board of 4
Commissioners shall approve the regular and supplemental tax budgets in the minimum amount 5
provided for above and may approve the regular and supplemental tax budgets in larger amounts, 6
and shall then provide the funds therefor from local funds.For fiscal year 2025-2026, the Scotland 7
County Board of Education shall submit to the Scotland County Board of Commissioners, at the 8
same time the other school budgets are filed, a budget request for operational and capital funding 9
in amounts that would provide an appropriate education to all students in Scotland County during 10
that fiscal year . In evaluating the request, t he board of co mmissioners shall consider the 11
educational goals and policies of the State and the local board of education, the budgetary request 12
of the board of education, the financial resources of the county and the board of education, and 13
the fiscal policies of the board of county commissioners and the board of education. Based on 14
this evaluation, t he board of commissioners shall determine, in its discretion, the amount of 15
county revenues, including any voted supplemental tax revenues, to be appropriated to the board 16
of education 's local current expense fund and capital outlay fund for fiscal year 2025 -2026. 17
Neither the board of education nor the board of commi ssioners may initiate a dispute resolution 18
process or file any legal action challenging the determination of funds to be appropriated by the 19
board of commissioners to the local current expense fund and capital outlay fund for fiscal year 20
2025-2026. Beginning with fiscal year 2026 -2027 and each year thereafter, the preparation, 21
submission, and approval of a budget for the board of education shall be in accordance with 22
Article 31 of Chapter 115C of the General Statutes. 23
(e) The Laurinburg-Scotland Scotland County Board of Education, as reorganized, shall 24
appoint a treasurer of all the school funds of the Laurinburg-Scotland Scotland County School 25
Administrative Unit. The treasurer so appointed shall cont inue to fill such position at the 26
discretion of the Board of Education. No person authorized to make the expenditures or draw 27
vouchers therefor, or to approve the same, shall act as treasurer of said funds. The treasurer shall 28
give bond for the faithful pe rformance of his duties in such amount as the Board of Education 29
may prescribe, but, in no event, for less than twenty -five thousand dollars ($25,000.00). Except 30
as herein otherwise expressly provided, the treasurer shall perform duties prescribed by 31
applicable provisions of Chapter 115 of the General Statutes of North Carolina and shall be 32
subject to all of such provisions of said Act. All sums appropriated by said Board of 33
Commissioners for capital outlay, current expense and to supplement the current exp ense fund 34
from State and county allotments shall be paid over to the Treasurer of the Laurinburg-Scotland 35
Scotland County Board of Education at reasonable periods after the receipt of said funds by the 36
Treasurer of Scotland County; provided, however, that the said Board of Commissioners shall 37
hold and administer the proceeds of school bond sales in accordance with the procedure now 38
being followed in holding and administering the proceeds of such sales. 39
(f) In addition to the election of a chairman in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 40
115 of the General Statutes, the Laurinburg-Scotland Scotland County Board of Education may 41
also select one of its members as vice-chairman who shall preside at all meetings of the Board in 42
the absence of the chairman, and whenever the Board shall have duly authorized the execution 43
of any contract, conveyance, or other instrument, the vice-chairman shall have the same authority 44
as the chairman to execute the same on behalf of the Board. In the event of absence or inabili ty 45
of both the chairman and vice-chairman, the Board by resolution duly adopted and spread upon 46
the minutes of any meeting, may authorize any other member to execute any contract, 47
conveyance or instrument for and on behalf of the Board. 48
(g) The superintendent of schools shall be ex officio secretary of the Board as provided 49
by G. S. 115-36. The Board may elect an assistant secretary to serve at the pleasure of the Board. 50
The assistant secretary may be, but shall not be required to be, a member of the Board. Such 51
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assistant secretary may perform the duties of the secretary of the Board when the secretary is 1
absent from any meeting or for any other reason is unable to perform his duties as secretary. The 2
assistant secretary shall have authority to attest all contracts, conveyances, and other instruments 3
which are required by law to be attested by the secretary. The secretary, or in his absence, the 4
assistant secretary, shall keep the minutes of all meetings of the Board and it shall be the duty of 5
such secretary or assistant secretary to furnish each member of the Board with a copy of the 6
minutes as soon after any meeting as may be reasonably practicable. 7
(h) In addition to the election of a superintendent of schools in the manner provided by 8
the general law, the Board may employ, upon recommendation of the superintendent, such 9
associate superintendents and assistant superintendents and such other administrative officers as 10
it may deem necessary and proper, fix their salaries' and prescribe their duties and powers. They 11
may be elected to serve at the pleasure of the Board or for such terms as may be fixed by the 12
Board, but the terms of any associate superintendents or assistant superintendents shall not 13
exceed the term for which the superintendent is employed. All principals, supervisory personnel, 14
and teachers shall be employed by the Board, upon recommendation of the superintendent. The 15
Board may delegate to the superintendent of schools or to one or more associate superintendents 16
or assistant superintendents or t o other administrative officers, the authority to employ and 17
prescribe the duties of all other employees or classes of employees, including janitors and maids, 18
and to fix the compensation and the terms or periods for which they shall be employed, subject 19
to the approval of the Board of Education. 20
(i) A majority of the full membership of the Laurinburg-Scotland Scotland County Board 21
of Education shall constitute a quorum. 22
(j) The Laurinburg-Scotland Scotland County Board of Education may appoint an 23
advisory council for any school or for all the schools within the system. The purpose and function 24
of an advisory council shall be to serve in an advisory capacity to the Board on matters affecting 25
the school or schools for which it is appointed. The organization, terms, composition and 26
regulations for the operation of such advisory council shall be determined by the Board. Article 27
7 of Chapter 115 of the General Statutes (School Committees) shall not apply to Scotland County. 28
The Laurinburg-Scotland Scotland County School Administrative Unit shall constitute one 29
school unit. 30
(k) Title to all property of the Laurinburg City Board of Education and the Scotland 31
County Board of Education, both real and personal, of every kind and description, shall be vested 32
in the Laurinburg-Scotland Scotland County Board of Education as of the effective date of 33
consolidation. The Laurinburg City Board of Education and the Scotland County Board of 34
Education shall have full and ample authority to execute without consideration therefor or public 35
sale of the property involved, all such deeds and other instruments as may be deemed necessary 36
or proper to vest record title to any such property in the Laurinburg-Scotland Scotland County 37
Board of Education. 38
(l) All claims and demands of every kind which the Laurinburg City Board of Education 39
or the Scotland County Board of Education may have as of the effective date of consolidation 40
shall pass and be transferred to the Laurinburg-Scotland Scotland County Board of Education 41
and the Laurinburg-Scotland Scotland County Board of Education shall have the same power 42
and authority to enforce said claims and demands as the Laurinburg City Board of Education or 43
the Scotland County Board of Education would have had in the event of its continued existence. 44
Any obligations or liabilities of the Laurinburg City Board of Education or the Scotland County 45
Board of Education existing as of the effective date of consolidation, shall be and become the 46
obligations and liabilities of t he Laurinburg-Scotland Scotland County Board of Education and 47
such obligations and liabilities may be enforced against said Laurinburg-Scotland Scotland 48
County Board of Education to the same extent that they might have been enforced against the 49
Laurinburg City Board of Education or the Scotland County Board of Education had the said 50
Boards continued in existence. 51
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(m) As of the effective date of consolidation, all provisions of the Charter of the City of 1
Laurinburg relating to public schools shall be deemed and are hereby repealed. 2
"Sec. 6. The provisions of this Act shall prevail over any inconsistent provisions of Chapter 3
115 Chapter 115C of the General Statutes of North Carolina and other general or special Acts. 4
"Sec. 7. The provisions in the preceding Sections of this Act shall be contingent upon the 5
following: 6
(a) Approval of the following by a majority of the voters voting in said election: 7
(1) Merger under the plan as set forth in this Act; 8
(2) Construction of a new consolidated high school to be established to serve the 9
students assigned to Gibson High School, Laurel Hill High School, 10
Laurinburg High School, and Wagram High School, and the issuance of bonds 11
pursuant to the County Finance Act, as amended, for construction of said 12
consolidated high sch ool and for other school purposes in an amount as 13
determined by the Scotland County Board of Commissioners upon the 14
recommendation of the existing City and County Boards of Education. 15
(3) Requiring the Laurinburg-Scotland County Board of Education to request and 16
the Scotland County Board of Commissioners to appropriate annually from 17
any local sources, including both general and supplemental tax revenues, such 18
funds as will provide, at a minimum, current expense expenditures per student 19
from local funds whic h are no less than the average current expense 20
expenditures per student from local funds throughout the State, as determined 21
by the latest certification of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. 22
(4) Authorizing the Scotland County Board of Commiss ioners to levy a 23
county-wide supplemental school tax not to exceed fifty cents (50¢) per one 24
hundred dollar valuation. 25
(b) Petition by the Laurinburg City Board of Education to the Scotland County Board of 26
Education and the State Board of Education for mer ger of the Laurinburg City Administrative 27
School Unit and the Scotland County Administrative School Unit under this Act and Section 28
115-74 of the General Statutes of North Carolina within ninety (90) days after the announcement 29
of a favorable vote in such election. Said petition shall specify the effective date of merger. 30
(c) Approval of said merger by the Scotland County Board of Education. 31
(d) Approval of said merger by the State Board of Education. 32
"Sec. 8. If an election under this Act fails to carry on the subjects in Section 7 (a) (1) through 33
(4), or if no petition for consolidation is made under Section 7 (b), or if such petition is made but 34
not approved as required under Section 7 (c) and (d) of this Act, another election may be called, 35
for a vote on the subjects as outlined in Section 7 (a) (1) through (4) at any time after expiration 36
of six (6) months following the date of the next preceding election called and held under this Act. 37
"Sec. 9. Nothing in this Act shall operate to repeal any special sch ool tax now provided for 38
by law for the Laurinburg City School Administrative Unit or the Scotland County School 39
Administrative Unit unless a majority of the votes cast in said election authorizes the subjects in 40
Section 7 (a) (1) through (4) of this Act and until the merger of the units is effected. 41
"Sec. 9.1. For the 2002-2003 fiscal year only, current expense expenditures from local funds 42
for the Scotland County Schools shall be eight million seven hundred thousand dollars 43
($8,700,000) and said sum shall be appropriated by the Scotland County Board of Commissioners 44
from local funds, including both general and supplemental tax revenues, and not including fines 45
and forfeitures or restricted use sales taxes authorized by Article 40 or 42 of Chapter 105 of th e 46
General Statutes. 47
"Sec. 9.2. Beginning with the 2003-2004 fiscal year, the base amount of funding for current 48
expense expenditures from local funds shall include the previous year's level of current expense 49
expenditures (for example, eight million seven hundred thousand dollars ($8,700,000) in 50
2002-2003), multiplied by one plus the average percentage change in local current expense 51
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school expenditures for the two most recent available fiscal years for low -wealth counties in 1
North Carolina (all local expenditures shall include local current expense expenditures incurred 2
by charter schools within the appropriate districts), as determined by the Superintendent of Public 3
Instruction or that person's designee. The average percentage change shall be calculated by (i) 4
adding together for each of the two previous fiscal years the total current local expense 5
expenditures for all low -wealth counties, (ii) dividing each of those totals, respectively, by the 6
number of low-wealth counties receiving low-wealth funding in each year to obtain an average 7
low-wealth county local current expense expenditure for each year, and (iii) comparing the two 8
averages. The average percentage change shall equal the percent difference between the averages 9
for the two years. The resultin g product shall then be multiplied by a ratio consisting of the 10
Average Daily Membership used to distribute State funding for the succeeding fiscal year as 11
provided by the Department of Public Instruction, divided by the Average Daily Membership 12
used to di stribute funding for the current fiscal year, as determined by the Superintendent of 13
Public Instruction, or that person's designee. The resulting product shall be the required level of 14
current expense funding to be appropriated by the Board of Commissioner s from any local 15
sources, including both general and supplemental tax revenues, and not including fines and 16
forfeitures or restricted use sales taxes authorized by Article 40 or 42 of Chapter 105 of the 17
General Statutes. 18
"Sec. 9.3. Notwithstanding the prov isions of Sections 9.1 and 9.2 of this act, the Scotland 19
County Board of Commissioners and the Scotland County Board of Education may, in 20
extraordinary economic circumstances, jointly set a level of current expense expenditures for a 21
fiscal year. This deviation from Sections 9.1 and 9.2 of this act shall be valid only if approved by 22
resolution of both boards. 23
"Sec. 10. The public school system of Scotland County shall be known as and shall use the 24
style of 'Scotland County School System' and the board of education shall be known as and shall 25
use the style of 'Scotland County Board of Education'. 26
"Sec. 11. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification." 27
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law. 28