GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

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HOUSE BILL 1799

Short Title:  Foreign Language in Elem. Sch./Study.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Insko; Barefoot, Wainwright, Luebke, and Sossamon.

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Referred to:  Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House.

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May 25, 2000

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO DIRECT THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TO STUDY THE NEED FOR INSTRUCTION IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE STUDY.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee shall study the need for instruction in foreign languages at the elementary school level.  In the course of the study, the Committee shall consider the cost of providing instruction in foreign languages at the elementary school level, the impact of this instruction on the current curriculum, teacher training, and other related issues.  The Committee shall report the results of its study to the 2001 General Assembly.
Section 2. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the General Assembly the sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for the 2000-2001 fiscal year for the study established in Section 1 of this act.
Section 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2000.