GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1850

Short Title:  Information Technology Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representative Saunders.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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May 30, 2000

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO ASSIST MECKLENBURG AREA COLLEGES IN PROVIDING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TRAINING.
Whereas, there are 10 public higher education facilities in the Charlotte Region: the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and the following nine colleges that make up the Charlotte Region Workforce Development Partnership: Catawba Valley Community College, Central Piedmont Community College, Cleveland Community College, Gaston Community College, Mitchell Community College, the North Carolina Center for Applied Textile Technology, Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, South Piedmont Community College, and Stanly Community College; and
Whereas, there is a need for skilled information technology related training at each of these campuses; and
Whereas, funds are needed to provide up-to-date instructional computing laboratories and to support curriculum implementation and coordination of information technology training; Now, therefore,
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Community Colleges System Office the sum of one million eighty thousand dollars ($1,080,000) for the 2000-2001 fiscal year to be allocated to the nine colleges that make up the Charlotte Region Workforce Development Partnership as follows:
(1)	$540,000 to create or upgrade information technology laboratories.
(2)	$540,000 to purchase hardware and software to support training on internet technologies.
These funds shall be divided equally among the nine colleges.
Section 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Community Colleges System Office the sum of one hundred ninety thousand dollars ($190,000) for the 2000-2001 fiscal year to be used by Central Piedmont Community College to support coordination and curriculum implementation of information technology training in the region.
Section 3. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina the sum of one hundred twenty thousand dollars ($120,000) for the 2000-2001 fiscal year to be used by the University of North Carolina at Charlotte as follows:
(1)	$60,000 to create or upgrade its information technology laboratory.
(2)	$60,000 to purchase hardware and software to support training on Internet technologies.
Section 4.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2000.