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12 <br /> 1 school system employees; and oppose any legislation shifting the State's existing <br /> 2 responsibility for employee benefits to local school boards and local governments; <br /> 3 <br /> 4 20) School Impact Fee Authority— Support legislation authorizing all North Carolina local <br /> 5 government jurisdictions providing funding for public education to levy impact fees on <br /> 6 new residential development to help pay for school construction. The North Carolina <br /> 7 General Assembly approved legislation in the 1980's for some jurisdictions to levy <br /> 8 these impact fees to support public school infrastructure. The authority to levy the fee <br /> 9 to support school facility needs should be available to all local government <br /> 10 jurisdictions providing funding for public education; <br /> 11 <br /> 12 21) Smart Start and NC Pre-K— Support legislation to increase and ensure secure and <br /> 13 stable funding, enhanced quality early care and education, and family access and <br /> 14 benefits in settings public and private; <br /> 15 <br /> 16 22) State/County Partnership for Education — Seek legislation to establish a new state- <br /> 17 county partnership to address statewide public school capital challenges—including <br /> 18 but not limited to maintenance, renovation, construction and debt—through a <br /> 19 dedicated, stable funding stream that is consistent from county to county and sufficient <br /> 20 to meet the school facility needs of all 100 counties; <br /> 21 <br /> 22 23) Private School Voucher Funding — Oppose House Bill 32 and any other legislation <br /> 23 expanding funding, eligibility, or availability of private school vouchers, which reduces <br /> 24 available funding for public education statewide, encourages students to leave public <br /> 25 education, and diminishes services and educational opportunities for all remaining <br /> 26 public school students; <br /> 27 <br /> 28 24) Virtual Charter School Expansion/Funding — Oppose any legislation expanding or <br /> 29 providing additional funding to the State's current virtual charter school program based <br /> 30 on its poor performance, failure to meet the needs of students, and the resulting <br /> 31 negative impact on funding for public education statewide; <br /> 32 <br /> 33 General Government <br /> 34 <br /> 35 25) Broadband/Digital Infrastructure— Support legislation, funding, and other efforts that <br /> 36 provide counties with flexibility and opportunities to support options for increasing <br /> 37 access to high-speed internet connectivity and expanding digital <br /> 38 infrastructure/broadband capability to the un-served and under-served areas of the <br /> 39 state. Access to high speed internet connections will reduce disparities, enhance <br /> 40 quality of life for all the State's residents, and broaden opportunities in areas such as <br /> 41 education,jobs creation, small business development, health care, civic participation, <br /> 42 and growth in farm enterprises; <br /> 43 <br /> 44 26) Repeal of the Monument Protection Act— Support legislation that repeals the (so- <br /> 45 called) Monument Protection Act which was enacted to protect confederate <br /> 46 monuments and symbols in the wake of the murders of nine African Americans in <br /> 47 South Carolina in 2015, and that restores the regulation of monuments or symbols on <br /> 48 public property to local governments; <br /> 49 <br />