NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1965 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1185

SENATE BILL 580

 

 

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE COUNTY AND CITY BOARDS OF EDUCATION TO RECEIVE AND ADMINISTER FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE THAT MAY BE GRANTED OR PROVIDED UNDER ANY ACT OF CONGRESS, OR ANY GRANTS OR ASSISTANCE THAT MAY BE MADE BY FOUNDATIONS OR ANY OTHER PRIVATE SOURCES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 115-35, as amended, is hereby further amended by adding to said Section a new subsection which shall be designated as "(g)" and which shall read as follows:

"(g)       County and city boards of education shall have power and authority to accept, receive and administer any funds or financial assistance given, granted or provided under the provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (Public Law 89-10, 89th Congress, HR 2362) and under the provisions of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 (Public Law 88-452, 88th Congress, S. 2642), or other Federal acts or funds from foundations or private sources, and to comply with all conditions and requirements necessary for the receipt, acceptance and use of said funds. In the administration of such funds, county and city boards of education shall have authority to enter into contracts with and to cooperate with and to carry out projects with nonpublic elementary and secondary schools, community groups and nonprofit corporations, and to enter into joint agreements for these purposes with other county and city boards of education. County and city boards of education shall furnish such information as shall be requested by the State Board of Education, from time to time, relating to any programs related or conducted pursuant to this Section.

Sec. 2.  G.S. 115-11, as the same appears in Volume 3A of the General Statutes, and the amended portion of same which appears in the 1963 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 3A of the General Statutes, is hereby amended by adding thereto a new subsection which shall be designated as "(17)" and which new subsection shall read as follows:

"(17)    The State Board of Education or any other State agency designated by the Governor shall have the power and authority to provide library resources, textbooks, and other instructional materials purchased from Federal funds appropriated for the funding of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (Public Law 89-10, 89th Congress, HR 2362, effective April 11, 1965) or other acts of Congress for the use of children and teachers in private elementary and secondary schools in the State as required by acts of Congress and rules and regulations promulgated thereunder."

Sec. 3.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 17th day of June, 1965.