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LEGISLATIVE BULLETIN 311 EAST EDENTON STREET * P.O. BOX 27963 it RALEIGH, N.C. 27611 k TELEPHONE (919) 832 -7024 GENE CAUSBY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JAN HOLEM CROTTS, LEGISLATIVE LIAISON Published as a Member Service November 19,1991 Vol. V1, No. 26 LOCAL INITIATIVE A MUST FOR FUNDAMENTAL REFORM (.OVERVIEW II. REVENUE STATUS 111.1992 NCSBA LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM IV. PREVIEW OF 1992 LEGISLATIVE SESSION A. Adjournment Resolution B. Bills Eligible V. LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES VI. GENE CAUSBY'S CONFERENCE PRESENTATION I. OVERVIEW We now have our chance to pick up the pieces from 1991 and make plans for 1992. You have heard many versions of what happened in the 1991 session. There are many similarities and there are many differences. We have included, for your information and reading pleasure, the two presentations Gene Causby made at our NCSBA Annual Conference. Many who attended the Confer- ence requested a copy. You will find on page 2 of the Thursday presentation a call for local school systems to convene your own education summit. You are called upon to "reach out to school personnel and beyond - -to the business community, chambers of commerce, county commis- sioners, parent groups, civic leaders, agricultural leaders, media in your area, candidates, members of the General Assembly and others that might need to be included." Gene urges you to concentrate'on things that are "doable" not "pie -in- the - sky ". We will soon provide you with suggestions and information to help you in this process. "Fundamental reform occurs when it happens at the school house, not the state house." Please read this Bulletin and then save it for future reference. You will need this information now and as we approach the session in May, 1992. 11. REVENUE STATUS Unsettled Economic Outlook Public schools are as vulnerable to the ups and downs of the state and local revenues as anyone anywhere. Everyone is tired of reversions and cutbacks. We watch the general fund outlook very carefully as we're sure you do. Here is a brief summary and some excerpts from a very recent General Fund Revenue Outlook as it was presented to the members of the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations on November 14, 1991. Basically, the 1992 economic outlook availability is very unsettled and the best forecast for the year continues to be the existing budget forecast which assumes an anemic recovery (.8% real growth). A major concern about the uncertainty of the economy is We thank the Institute of Government, UNC -CH , for use of its Daily Bulletin for summaries of legislation as it is introduced.