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Administration of Justice Bulletin No. 98/03 December 1998 for the program, for se~ices to be contracted on or after April 1, i999. Treatment for Juvenile Sex Offenders Section 8.1 of S.L. 1998-212 (S 1366) requires the Office of the Governor to study the need for one or more residential treatment programs for juveniles ad- judicated delinquent for offenses containing an element of inappropriate sexnal conduct. The study must consider whether the state needs a separate facil- ity to administer the program or programs. The Office of the Governor must conduct the study in consultation with the Administrative Office of the Courts and the Division of Youth Services and the Division of Mental Health. Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Sera'ices of the Department of Health and Hu- man Services, and must report to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees on or before April l, 1999. Blended Sentencing and Direct Filing In consultation vdth the North Carolina Sentenc- ing and Policy AdvisoR' comnussion, the Office of Juvenile Justice must study blended sentencing and direct filing in certain juvenile cases and report to the General Assembly by March 15, 2000. The study must include consideration of whether, in the case of ajuve- r~le whose case is transferred to superior court, the superior court should be authorized to impose simulta- neously a juvenile disposition and an adult criminal disposition and to suspend the adult criminal disposi- tion pending a violation or reoffense by the juvenile. The smtiy also must examine whether prosecutors should be authorized to charge directly as adults fif- teen-year-olds who have committed Class A through E felonies. Detention Facilities The Office of Juvenile Justice (OJI) must study the use of detention facilities and make recommenda- tions as to how they can be used more efficiently. The OJJ must report by May 1, 1999, and again by January 15.2001. to the Fiscal Research Division and the chairs of the House and Senate Appropriations Com~nittees. School-Related Directives In cooperation with the Department of Public stmcfion` the Office of Juvenile Justice must study more effective and efficient ways to coordinate case management, provide needed services to juveniles, and provide maSU'num protection to the public and to schools. Findings and recommendations must be re- ported to the General Assembly by April 1. 2000. S.L. i998-202 requires the State Board of Education to study the feasibility and advisability of delaying the start of the school day. I/the board recommends a delay in the start of the school day, it must consider whether schools should provide early morning supervision for students whose parents work and do not have child care available. The beard must repert its findings and recommendations to the Joint LegisLative Education Oversight Committee by May 1. 1999. Through the Department of Public Instruction. the State Board of Education must study ways to provide an alternative educational program for any student who is suspended or expelled from school. The study must include 1. a review of safe school plans and alternative educational programs: 2. an analysis of data on suspensions and expulsions; 3. an assessment of federal~ state, local, and pri- vate resources available for educational pro- grams for suspended or expelled students: 4. research of other educational programs offered by other state agencies: 5. a review of the law relating to suspension and expulsion and the right to a public education: 6. recommendations for a plan and timetable for implementing alternative educational programs for eveR' expelled or suspended student: and 7. a review of policies and procedures for trans- porting aggressive or assaultive students with other students, including disabled students, and development of a plan to insure the pro- tection of all.students, particularly disabled students, from physical harm by aggressive or assaultive students. The board must report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee by May 1, 1999. The act also amends G.S. 115C-47 to encourage local beards of education to establish alternative learning programs and. where such programs exist, to require local boards to adopt guidelines for assigning students to them. Family Court t~lot Programs The Administxative Office of the Courts (AOC) is required to establish pilot programs for holding family court, following the guidelines in the report of the 26