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28 <br />Public Education <br />1. Oppose Taxing Authority for Local School Boards <br />Strongly oppose legislation to authorize local boards of education to exercise independent <br />taxing authority. (Legislative Goals Committee Priority #8) <br />2. Charter Schools <br />Seek legislation to retain the ceiling on the number of charter schools allowed statewide and <br />to provide for better state oversight and accountability of charter schools. (Legislative Goals <br />Committee Priority #9) <br />3. School Construction Funding <br />Seek legislation to grant to all counties the authority to implement funding options available <br />to some counties, other than property taxes and sales taxes, to fund school construction, <br />school construction debt retirement or other capital needs as determined by the Board of <br />County Commissioners. (Legislative Goals Committee Priority #10) <br />4. Resolution of School Budget Disputes <br />Seek legislation to amend G.S. 115C-431 to: <br />- Make optional the requirement for a joint meeting between the local school board <br />and the board of county commissioners. <br />- Require that the courts consider factors in addition to the sum of money necessary <br />to support a system of free public schools to include: other funding <br />responsibilities of the county, prevailing economic conditions, ability to pay, and <br />' tax effort. <br />5. Standard Course of Study <br />Seek legislation to allocate sufficient state revenues to make the standard course of study <br />available in every public school throughout the state. <br />6. Public School Capital Building Fund <br />Seek legislation to assure that the Public School Capital Building Fund remains intact and to <br />direct the State Treasurer to report on long term commitments that are dependent on this <br />fund. <br />7. Community College Appointments <br />Seek legislation to allow each board of county commissioners which participates in funding <br />to appoint one county commissioner to the Board of Trustees of the several Community <br />Colleges in the case ofmulti-county campuses and, if two additional members are included <br />on the Board, that these be jointly appointed by the boards of county commissioners of <br />counties which participate in funding. <br />8. Reinstitute State Funding of School Utility Costs <br />Support legislation to reinstitute state funding of local school system utility costs. <br />9. Add School Nursing <br />Support legislation to appropriate state funds to add school health personnel in all counties so <br />that over athree-year period the state reaches anurse/student ratio of 1:750. <br />28 <br />