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S824 • 2025

Edgecombe and Pitt County School Nurses.

Edgecombe and Pitt County School Nurses.

Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Smith
Last action
2026-04-23
Official status
Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget
Effective date
2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

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Edgecombe and Pitt County School Nurses.

Edgecombe and Pitt County School Nurses.

What This Bill Does

  • Edgecombe and Pitt County School Nurses.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-23 Senate

    Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget

  2. 2026-04-23 Senate

    Withdrawn From Com

  3. 2026-04-23 Senate

    Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  4. 2026-04-23 Senate

    Passed 1st Reading

  5. 2026-04-22 Senate

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Edgecombe and Pitt County School Nurses.

Current Bill Text

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
S 1
SENATE BILL 824

Short Title: Edgecombe and Pitt County School Nurses. (Public)
Sponsors: Senator Smith (Primary Sponsor).
Referred to: Rules and Operations of the Senate
April 23, 2026
*S824-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO FUND A SCHOOL NURSE FOR EVERY PUBLIC SCHOOL IN EDGECOMBE 2
AND PITT COUNTIES. 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
SECTION 1. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of 5
Public Instruction the sum of one million two hundred thirty-seven thousand dollars ($1,237,000) 6
in recurring funds beginning in the 2026-2027 fiscal year to be allocated to Edgecombe Count y 7
Public Schools to be used to provide at least one full-time, permanent school nurse in each public 8
school in Edgecombe County. Funds provided pursuant to this act shall supplement and not 9
supplant any funds from any source already provided for the same purposes. 10
SECTION 2. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of 11
Public Instruction the sum of one million six hundred seventy -eight thousand dollars 12
($1,678,000) in recurring funds beginning in the 2026 -2027 fiscal year to be allocate d to Pitt 13
County Schools to be used to provide at least one full-time, permanent school nurse in each public 14
school in Pitt County. Funds provided pursuant to this act shall supplement and not supplant any 15
funds from any source already provided for the same purposes. 16
SECTION 3. This act becomes effective July 1, 2026. 17