GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

EXTRA SESSION 1994

S	2 

SENATE BILL 22*
Second Edition Engrossed 2/11/94

Short Title:  Coach Mentor Training Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Martin of Guilford, Perdue; Conder, Walker, Marshall, Harris, Kerr, Cooper, Edwards, Gunter, Daniel, Plyler, Lucas, Speed, Lee, Albertson, Sands, Seymour, Ward, Parnell, Tally, Hoyle, and Warren.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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February 9, 1994

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL COACHES' MENTOR TRAINING.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Human Resources, Division of Youth Services, the sum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for the 1994-95 fiscal year to expand the Student Services Program of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association, which provides training to public school coaches in conflict resolution, peer mediation, violence prevention and skill-building in order to foster students' personal growth and academic excellence and thus to act as a vital measure to prevent teenage crime and violence.
Sec. 1.1.  In order to assess the performance of the Coach Mentor Training Program an annual evaluation shall be conducted by the Office of Policy Development and Research of the Department of Human Resources.  The results of the evaluation shall be submitted to the State Auditor for further review and comment.  The State Auditor shall transmit the evaluation along with any comments to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations no later than October 1 of each year covering the program for the prior fiscal year.  In conducting the evaluation, among other things, the focus shall be on directing youth toward long-term positive and productive non-criminal behavior.  The review shall be qualitative and quantitative.
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1994.