GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 763

Short Title:  Agricultural Econ. Program Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Grady; Morgan, Buchanan, and Mercer.

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Referred to:  Appropriations Subcommittee on Education.

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April 6, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE LEADERSHIP, COORDINATION, AND STRUCTURE FOR AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA ACTIVITIES IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
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 the sum of five hundred eighty-five thousand dollars ($585,000) for the 1995-96 fiscal year and the sum of five hundred eighty-five thousand dollars ($585,000) for the 1996-97 fiscal year.  These funds shall be used by the Cooperative Extension Service at North Carolina State University for personnel positions and related office and travel expenses  to provide overall leadership, coordination, and structure for agricultural education programs and Future Farmers of America activities in the public schools of North Carolina.
The positions funded in this section are:
(1)	A State Agricultural Education Coordinator located in the Cooperative Extension Service at North Carolina State University;
(2)	Three Regional Consultants who are responsible to the State Agricultural Education Coordinator; and
(3)	A State FFA director who is responsible to the State Agricultural Education Coordinator and the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Future Farmers of America Foundation, Incorporated.
Sec. 2.  The North Carolina Future Farmers of America Foundation, Incorporated, shall match the funds appropriated in Section 1 of this act with funds for a full-time North Carolina Future Farmers of America Foundation Executive Director and a part-time North Carolina Future Farmers of America Center Director.
Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1995.