GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1226

Short Title:  Funds for Teacher Workshop.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Allran.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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May 8, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES, FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER PARTICIPATION IN A SCIENCE WORKSHOP.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Agriculture, Museum of Natural Sciences, $20,000 for the 1989-90 fiscal year to enable 12 public school teachers representing the eight education regions in the State, to participate in a tropical ecology training program and workshop.  The training program and workshop is for K-9 teachers of science, and involves an 8 day trip to Belize, and 3 days of orientation and evaluation at the Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh.  Funds will be used to cover the cost of transportation, lodging, meals, materials, and instructional staff.  The goals of the program include enabling public school teachers to learn about, experience, and appreciate tropical ecosystems, and to learn effective strategies and practical ways to teach natural science and other related skills in the classroom.  Teachers are selected for participation from applications received from across the State.  Participants must be current classroom teachers of science in grades K-9, must have five years of teaching experience, and must plan to teach in North Carolina in the year following participation in the workshop.
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1989.