GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1987 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 769

HOUSE BILL 363

 

AN ACT TO ALLOW LOCAL BOARDS OF EDUCATION TO PURCHASE BUSES AND MINIBUSES FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 115C-250(a) is amended in the first paragraph by adding two new sentences at the end to read:  "At the option of the local board of education with the concurrence of the State Board of Education, funds appropriated to the State Board of Education for contract transportation of exceptional children may be used to purchase buses and minibuses as well as for the purposes authorized in the budget.  The State Board of Education shall adopt rules and regulations concerning the construction and equipment of these buses and minibuses."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 11th day of August, 1987.