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Attachment C 12 • Require each LEA to develop and operate an anonymous tip line to receive information on internal and external risks to school buildings and school - related activities. • Require a school safety component as part of school improvement plans and require the superintendent to review the school safety components of the plan and make written recommendations on the plan to the LEA, • Allow specifically qualified individuals to act as volunteer School Resource Officers as approved by local law enforcement. The bill will now to go the house Appropriations Committee. SENATE BILL 337 Senator Jerry Tillman's bill to establish an independent charter school oversight body and make other changes to charter school laws passed the Senate Finance Committee last week with no changes. SB 337- NC Public Charter School Board, is expected to be heard on the Senate floor this week. SENATE BUDGET DELAY Senator Pete Brunstetter (R- Forsyth), the Senate's senior budget chairman, said last week to WRAL in Raleigh that budget subcommittees are still weeks away from beginning their work on spending plans. Sen. Brunstetter was quoted as giving an early to mid -May timeframe. Please click here to read the story. CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATORS ABOUT HB 443 AND SB 674 Please continue to contact your local legislative delegation members about the devastating funding impacts of Sections 2 and 1(h) of House Bill 443- NC Public Charter School Board, Click here for more information. This bill is sponsored by Reps. Mike Hager (R- Rutherford), Jon Hardister (R- Guilford), Linda Johnson (R- Cabarrus), and Edgar Starnes (R- Caldwell). Please also continue to contact your members in opposition to Senate Bill 674- Prohibit Costly Local Goveriuilent Litigation, which would abolish statutory procedures by which local school boards can contest the sufficiency of county conuriissions' local appropriations for public school operating and capital expenses. This bill has the potential to significantly alter the balance between school boards and county commissions. While historically, funding disputes typically do not reach the point of mediation and trial, the very threat of such incentivizes resolution of funding disputes. The bill also raises the question of how local boards of education will fulfill the obligation to provide an opportunity for a sound, basic education. This bill is sponsored by Senators Warren Daniel (R- Burke), Ralph Hise (R- Mitchell), and Harry Brown (R- Onslow). UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR Monday, April 15 7:00 PM — Senate convenes for session. 7:00 PM House convenes for session. Tuesday, April 16 10:00 AM — The House Education Committee will meet and consider the following bills: