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6 <br /> provide for an overall increase in funding based on average <br /> daily memberships outside of the current formula system; <br /> c) Impose class size reductions commensurate with State <br /> funding for staffing; and <br /> d) Maintain full funding for Driver Education; <br /> 17)Fulfillment of Constitutional Duties — Oppose any legislation, <br /> that seeks to exempt any government employee or agent from <br /> fulfilling his/her constitutional duties, including but not limited to <br /> guaranteeing the right to marry for same-sex residents of North <br /> Carolina; <br /> 18)Oppose any shift of state transportation responsibilities to <br /> counties — Oppose legislation to shift the state's responsibility for <br /> funding transportation construction and maintenance projects to <br /> counties. Counties cannot afford to assume costs for maintaining <br /> secondary roads and/or funding expansion projects; <br /> 19)Broadband/Digital Infrastructure — Support legislation, funding, <br /> and other efforts that provide counties with flexibility and <br /> opportunities to support options for increasing access to high- <br /> speed internet connectivity and expanding digital <br /> infrastructure/broadband capability to the un-served and under- <br /> served areas of the state. Access to high speed internet <br /> connections will reduce disparities, enhance quality of life for all <br /> the State's residents, and broaden opportunities in areas such as <br /> education, jobs creation, small business development, health care, <br /> civic participation, and growth in farm enterprises; <br /> 20)Expansion of Protected Classes — Seek statewide legislative <br /> action to provide all North Carolina local governments with the <br /> authority to include sexual orientation and gender identity as <br /> protected classes in order to protect these classes from <br /> discrimination and discriminatory practices; and authorize <br /> complaints for discrimination to be brought in North Carolina <br /> Courts by any Equal Employment Opportunity Commission <br /> recognized protected class; <br /> 21)Eminent Domain — Oppose adding language to a constitutional <br /> amendment on eminent domain that extends any further <br /> preemption of county authority to regulate the placement of <br /> telecommunication towers; <br /> 22)Fees-In-Lieu — NCDOT as Additional Recipient — Support <br /> legislation amending North Carolina General Statute 153A-331 to <br /> add a provision allowing counties to transfer fees collected as part <br /> of subdivision development, and in lieu of required street <br /> construction, to be transferred to and held by the North Carolina <br />