GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 695

Short Title:  Funds for Low-Wealth Comm. Coll.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Gillespie; Tolson (Primary Sponsors), Adams, Allen, Arnold, Barbee, Barefoot, Bonner, Brown, Buchanan, Carpenter, Church, Clary, Cox, Crawford, Creech, Culp, Edwards, Fitch, Goodwin, Grady, Hill, Hunter, Hurley, Melton, Morris, Nye, Preston, Rayfield, Russell, Sexton, Smith, Starnes, Thomas, Thompson, Tucker, Wainwright, and Walend.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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March 30, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES LOCATED IN LOW-WEALTH COUNTIES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Community Colleges the sum of two million dollars ($2,000,000) for the 1999-2000 fiscal year and the sum of two million dollars ($2,000,000) for the 2000-2001 fiscal year to provide funds for community colleges and community college satellites located in low-wealth counties.
The State Board of Community Colleges shall use the formula used by the State Board of Education to distribute supplemental public school funds in low-wealth counties to determine whether a county is a low-wealth county.  If, under that formula, the county's wealth is less than one hundred percent (100%) of the State average wealth, the State Board shall allocate funds to the county on a full-time equivalency (FTE) basis.
Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1999.