HB 249 – Children with Disabilities Funding Formula
Primary House Sponsors: Rep. Jeffrey Elmore (R-Alexander, Wilkes); Rep. Hugh Blackwell (R-Burke); Rep. John Bradford, III (R-Mecklenburg)
Summary
This bill requires the Department of Public Instruction to study and propose a change to the formula for State funding for children with disabilities from the current model allocating funding based on required service levels to a model allocating funding based on severity of disability type.
This bill also appropriates $7,725,690 to the Department of Public Instruction for the purpose of allocating funds for children with disabilities to local school administrative units for at least 13% of each local school administrative unit’s 2021-2022 allocated average daily membership.
Movement
Filed – 3/9/2021