[Ncabs] Urgent Legislative Action

[Alan A. Chase via Ncabs]

All,

The proposed NC budget includes a provision that directs the
Department of Public Instruction to reduce its overall budget.  A
provision in the budget prohibits DPI from decreasing funds from the
NC School for the Deaf and the Eastern NC School for the Deaf.  It
does not include Governor Morehead School.  Therefore, it is possible
that under the current budget part of the proposed reductions in funds
could come from money to operate GMS.  Contact your legislator and ask
them to include GMS as an exemption to the reduction to DPI.  Here is
the text of the actual legislation related to this matter.

Senate Bill 744, Approved May 31, 2014



Page 35 of Budget, Lines 20-36



CLARIFY BUDGET REDUCTIONS/DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 20



SECTION 8.6. Section 8.6 of S.L. 2013-360 reads as rewritten:

"SECTION 8.6.(a) Notwithstanding G.S. 143C-6-4, the Department of
Public Instruction may, after consultation with the Office of State
Budget and Management and the Fiscal  Research Division, reorganize,
if necessary, to implement the budget reductions set out in this act.
for the biennium. Consultation shall occur prior to requesting
budgetary and personnel changes through the budget revision process.
The Department shall provide a current organization chart in the
consultation process and shall report to the Joint Legislative
Commission on Governmental Operations on any reorganization.



"SECTION 8.6.(b) In implementing budget reductions for the 2014-2015
fiscal year, the Department of Public Instruction shall make no
reduction to funding or positions for the North Carolina Center for
the Advancement of Teaching, the Eastern North Carolina School for the
Deaf, and the North Carolina School for the Deaf and shall make no
reduction in funding to any of the following entities:

(1) Communities in Schools of North Carolina, Inc.

(2) Teach for America, Inc.

(3) Beginnings For Parents of Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, Inc."








-- 
Alan A. Chase, M.Ed.
Exceptional Children Program Facilitator, Durham Public Schools
Program Coordinator, Envisioning Youth Empowerment Retreat
President, North Carolina Association of Blind Students
Secretary, Governor Morehead School Alumni Association