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58 <br /> 19)Mental Health —Seek legislation to ensure that adequate Statefunded mental health, <br /> developmental disability, and substance abuse services and facilities are available at the <br /> local level, accessible and affordable to all residents and that sufficient state resources <br /> fund service provision costs inclusive of sufficient crisis intervention and treatment, and <br /> to structure appropriate county <br /> participation in governance; <br /> 20)People with Mental Health Issues in County Jails — Support legislation to develop <br /> and fund a plan to reduce the number of people with mental health issues in county jails <br /> (See EXHIBIT B Regarding the National Association of Counties (NACo) Stepping Up <br /> Initiative); <br /> 21)Smart Start and NC Pre-K— Support legislation to increase and ensure secure and <br /> stable funding, enhanced quality early care and education, and family access and <br /> benefits in settings public and private. <br /> 22)Priority School Issues — Support legislation to address the following issues related <br /> to schools: <br /> a) Provide local school systems with calendar flexibility; <br /> b) Provide full funding for State allotments including Average Daily Membership <br /> (ADM) growth, and support legislation to provide for an overall increase in <br /> funding based on average daily memberships outside of the current formula <br /> system; <br /> c) Impose class size reductions commensurate with State funding for staffing; <br /> and <br /> d) Maintain full funding for Driver Education; <br /> 23)State/County Partnership for Education —Seek legislation to establish a new <br /> state-county partnership to address statewide public school capital challenges--including <br /> but not limited to maintenance, renovation, construction and debt--through a dedicated, <br /> stable funding stream that is consistent from county to county and sufficient to meet the <br /> school facility needs of all 100 counties; <br /> 24)Machinery Act— Support local governments' need for more flexibility to remedy <br /> measurement and/or condition property appraisal errors related to local property tax <br /> functions. North Carolina property tax law substantially limits the ability of local <br /> governments to address property tax discrepancies, such as prohibiting the refund of <br /> prior years' taxes paid after a measurement and/or condition property appraisal error is <br /> discovered. Just as local governments can recoup prior years' property taxes from <br /> owners for"discoveries", local governments should likewise be authorized to refund prior <br /> years' taxes paid when situations such as measurement and/or condition property <br /> appraisal errors are discovered; <br /> 25)Re-instatement of Earned Income Tax Credit— Support legislation to re-instate the <br /> State Earned Income Tax Credit which greatly benefitted low wage earners until its <br /> elimination after the 2013 tax year; <br /> 26)Homestead Exemption — Support revisions to the Homestead Exemption provisions <br /> of the Machinery Act to: <br /> a) provide greater opportunities for low-income seniors to remain in their homes <br /> and not be displaced due to property tax burdens by approving a one-time ten <br />