GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

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HOUSE BILL 902

Short Title:  Parents as Teachers Program Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Hensley, Hunt; and Buchanan.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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April 12, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR PARENTS AS TEACHERS PROGRAMS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction the sum of one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) for the 1995-96 fiscal year and the sum of one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) for the 1996-97 fiscal year for Parents as Teachers programs.  The purpose of the program is to send parent educators into the homes of children from birth to three years old to provide the children's parents information and training to help the children have the best possible start in life.
Sec. 2.  The appropriated sums for the 1995-96 and 1996-97 fiscal years shall be used to provide funds for direct services to children and their families in two demonstration sites that have been designated as national training sites.
Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1995.