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Driver Education Reversion Bill
(Actual site: Senate Bill 897, p. 25 and 140)

PART XXVHI. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

CASH FLOW HIGHWAY FUND AND HIGHWAY TRUST FUND APPROPRIATIONS SECTION 28.1.(a) Section 25.1 of S.L. 2009-451 is repealed.
SECTION 28.1.(b) The General Assembly authorizes and certifies anticipated revenues of the Highway Fund as follows:
For Fiscal Year 2011-2012                             1,793.1 million
For Fiscal Year 2012-2013                           $ 1,880.6 million
For Fiscal Year 2013-2014                             1,920.5 million
For Fiscal Year 2014-2015                             1,958.9 million
SECTION 28.1.(c) The General Assembly authorizes and certifies anticipated revenues of the Highway Trust Fund as follows:
For Fiscal Year 2011-2012                           $ 989.2 million
For Fiscal Year 2012-2013                             1,046.4 million
For Fiscal Year 2013-2014                             1,078.3 million
For Fiscal Year 2014-2015                           $ 1,120.4 million

DRIVER EDUCATION PROGRAM FUND REVERSION SECTION 28.2. G.S. 20-88.1 reads as rewritten:
20-88.1. Driver education.

DRIVER EDUCATION PROGRAM FUND REVERSION
15 SECTION 28.2. G.S. 20-88.1 reads as rewritten:
16 "§ 20-88.1. Driver education.
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18 (a1) For each fiscal year, the State Superintendent of Public Instruction shall calculate a
19 per student allocation for the driver education program by dividing the total funds allocated for
20 the program by the estimated number of qualified students throughout the State, as described in
21 subsection (a) of this section. The Superintendent shall distribute funds to local school
22 administrative units by giving each local school administrative unit an amount equal to the per
23 student allocation multiplied by the estimated number of qualified students within that local
24 school administrative unit's district, including students enrolled in both public and private
25 schools. If, at the end of the fiscal year, fewer than the expected number of students have
26 participated in the driver education program in a local school administrative unit, then the local
27 school administrative unit shall revert the per student allocation for each student that was
28 estimated to be eligible to participate but did not actually participate in the driver education
29 program.

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31 (c) All expenses incurred by the State in carrying out the provisions of this section shall
32 be paid out of the Highway Fund. At the end of each fiscal year, the Department of Public
33 Instruction shall collect and revert any unused funds allocated for this program back to the
34 Highway Fund.

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