GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

S	1 

SENATE BILL 845

Short Title:  UNC Educational Consortia Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Lucas, Rand, Sherron, Hobbs, and Dannelly.

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Referred to:  Appropriations

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April 26, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR CONTINUATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL CONSORTIA.
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 million two hundred thousand dollars ($1,200,000) for the 1995-96 fiscal year and the sum of one million two hundred thousand dollars ($1,200,000) for the 1996-97 fiscal year for the continuation of cooperative educational consortia at Western Carolina University, Appalachian State University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, North Carolina Central University, East Carolina University, and the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
These consortia shall link elementary and secondary education, community college education, higher education, and leadership in the business and industry community to:
(1)	Improve education practices and enhance economic development;
(2)	Focus research capabilities on educational issues and economic problems;
(3)	Provide momentum for restructuring of public education to meet the requirements of the modern era;
(4)	Seek grants and other funds for developing model projects;
(5)	Provide training, educational, and leadership development opportunities; and
(6)	Provide other initiatives leading to improvements in education and economic development.
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1995.