GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

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HOUSE BILL 1585*

Short Title:  Fund Sch. Leadership Academy Facility. 	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Barnes, Rogers, Black, Esposito, Fussell, Gray, Oldham; Gottovi, Bowman, McCrary, Warner, and Hackney.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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May 25, 1994

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR A NEW FACILITY FOR THE SCHOOL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY.
Whereas, the 1991 General Assembly, upon the recommendation of the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee, established the Educational Leadership Task Force "to identify how to best select, train, assess, and regulate persons to become competent, motivated and trusted education leaders"; and
Whereas, the Educational Leadership Task Force, composed of members of the State Board of Education, the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina, legislators, educators, and a representative of business and industry presented to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee its report, "Leaders for Schools: The Preparation and Advancement of Educational Administrators", which included a recommendation to establish a School Leadership Academy to provide continuing professional development for school administrators; and
Whereas, as a result of the recommendations of the Educational Leadership Task Force, the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee recommended to the 1993 General Assembly a package of education leadership bills, including a recommendation to establish a School Leadership Academy which incorporates and builds upon the Principals' Executive Program; and
Whereas, Section 86 of Chapter 321 of the 1993 Session Laws established a joint committee of the State Board of Education and the Board of Governors to study how to establish a School Leadership Academy; and
Whereas, the joint committee recommended that the Principals' Executive Program, which currently has no permanent site, should be incorporated into the School Leadership Academy and that there should be a new School Leadership Academy facility to house the Principals' Executive Program and expanded programs; Now, therefore,
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina ten million five hundred sixty thousand dollars ($10,560,000) for a new facility for the School Leadership Academy that includes instructional, office, and residential space, and that provides the latest instructional and communications technology.  The facility shall be located in the current vicinity of the Principals' Executive Program.
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1994.