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•-. . 9UN <br /> -• • • •� • -• ' •• • •• •- 1 ra, <br /> t <br /> all 0 <br /> e <br /> SOURCES OF LOCAL SCHOOL FINANCE LAW: <br /> THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE CONSTITUTION <br /> Article IX,Sec.2.Uniform system of schools. <br /> (1) General and uniform system:term.The General Assembly shall provide by taxation and otherwise for a general <br /> and uniform system of free public schools,which shall be maintained at least nine months in every year,and wherein <br /> equal opportunities shall be provided for all students. (2) Local responsibility.The General Assembly may assign <br /> to units of local government such responsibility for the financial support of the free public schools as it may deem <br /> appropriate.The governing boards of units of local government with financial responsibility for public education <br /> may use local revenues to add to or supplement any public school or post-secondary school program. <br />