GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1529

Short Title:  CHIPS Program Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Ballance.
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Referred to:  Education/Higher Education.
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May 25, 1994

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ESTABLISH THE CHIPS PROGRAM IN HERTFORD COUNTY, A PILOT PROGRAM TO MEET THE SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONAL NEEDS OF STUDENTS IN AN IMPOVERISHED AREA WHOSE POPULATION HAS AN EXTREMELY LOW LEVEL OF FORMAL EDUCATION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the State Board of Education the sum of six hundred sixty-nine thousand seven hundred twelve dollars ($669,712) for the 1994-95 fiscal year to establish the CHIPS Program in Hertford County, a pilot program to meet the specific instructional needs of students in an impoverished area whose population has an extremely low level of formal education.  The pilot program shall involve (i) major revisions to the total instructional program, (ii) staff development and training, (iii) curriculum mapping and integration, (iv) the incorporation of varied instructional strategies in the classroom, (v) the use of technology for instruction and assessment, (vi) the application of thinking and reasoning skills, (vii) strategies for building students' self-esteem, and (viii) parental involvement.
The State Board shall monitor and evaluate the program to determine whether it should be expanded to meet the specific instructional needs of students in other impoverished areas in which the population has an extremely low level of formal education.  The State Board of Education shall report its findings to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee prior to March 31, 1995.
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1994.