More changes from NC House for NC clean-up spending bill

RALEIGH, NC (AP) — The Senate’s cleanup spending bill for the remainder of North Carolina government’s fiscal year is making its way through the House, but not without more changes.

The House gave tentative approval Monday night for legislation locating $275,000 within the Department of Public Instruction to help a panel changing academic standards, particularly Common Core.

But an amendment deleted drawing another $100,000 from the department to pay lawyers for a rule-making body in litigation filed by the State Board of Education. Amendment sponsor Rep. Paul Stam says parts of the lawsuit requiring more legal expense have been dismissed.

The measure ensures funds associated with cleaning up coal ash ponds pays for state regulators. It also tries to ease last year’s tougher standards placed unintentionally on owners of dams unrelated to ash ponds.

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