GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1448

Short Title:  NCCU Research Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Lucas; and Warren.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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June 3, 1996

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR CONTINUED RESEARCH BY THE INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF MINORITY ISSUES AT NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY.
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 one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) for the 1996-97 fiscal year for North Carolina Central University's Institute for the Study of Minority Issues to continue its research pertaining to social and economic issues, health, educational, psychological, technological, and environmental policies affecting minorities.  The Institute will use this money to:
(1)	Maintain a clearinghouse for demographic materials, working papers, articles, and curriculum guides;
(2)	Disseminate research data and publish reports to public and private institutions, agencies, schools, and community organizations;
(3)	Facilitate forums to discuss issues related to minorities in the New South, e.g., diversity, race relations, multiculturalism, and alternative schools; and
(4)	Identify and develop models, techniques, and approaches that are relevant to community development in urban neighborhoods.
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1996.