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01/10/9~ 09:15 '~1 9L9 733 106~ NCACC PROPOSED GOALS - 1995 PUBLIC ~]3UCATION ~005 Sal~ Tax for School Capi..t,31 Needs Seek legislation to authorize counties to enact a local option sales tax for school capital ue~ls, .County/School Boa. rd Dispute R~olution Sock legislatior~ to modify the procedures for resolution of funding disputes between Boards of County Commissioners and Education, and to m._~ke i~ clear that only Boaxds of County Commissioners have the discretion to call for school bond elections as provided ia G.S. 159-4g(c)(4) in the Local Government Bond Act. Scl]egl Bus Replacement Support legislation to continue full state funding of the schedule for replacement of school buses, inclha~ng over-age buses. F'undin~r for Exceptional Children Pr. o,~'arns Support legislation to remove statutory caps on state ftmdlng for exceptional children's progr~m~. County Condomnafion of S.chool Sites Support legislation to allow counties to act as the condemnation agent when acquiring sites for joint us~ by school boards and other public agencies. Condemnation for School Prooerty Seek legisl~ition to raise the cap on the size of sites for which the local Board of Education can condemn property for schools. School Malnrenaoce Workers Seek leg~slat/on to provide state funding to p.ay school moLutenance workers in light of the responsibility for current expense fu~diag ia public education. State Funding Support legisla~on to maintain stat~ educational expenditures, as follows: (,~) .statewide funding ~o improve early childhood education; (B) .support for the state's community colleges and technical institutes, to remedy adult illiteracy and provide technical preparation for our future work f~rce; (C) .full state funding of the Basic Edueario~ Program, with p~ority being given to class s~ze reduction; (D) -full smr~ funding of the Low Wealth Supplemental Fuvd~g Program and the sm~ll Schooh Func[; and (E) ,continued state funding o¢ the Critical Needs Fund. 9. School Emvlove~ Salaries Support legislation to assure- that the state m~iutains '~ sequential saltay schedule for all school employees.