A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds for projects at haywood community college.
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 three hundred fifty thousand dollars ($350,000) for the 2006‑2007 fiscal year to establish a simulated nursing lab in collaboration with regional health care providers at Haywood Community College.
SECTION 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Community Colleges System Office the sum of one million two hundred thousand dollars ($1,200,000) for the 2006‑2007 fiscal year to enable Haywood Community College to integrate the elements of (i) design, creativity, and innovation, (ii) entrepreneurship, and (iii) green conservation and sustainability, throughout its programs and operations.  These funds shall be used to provide curriculum research and development, membership to key professional organizations, training and certification of faculty within different instructional programs, public awareness, instructional delivery methodologies, and design and consultant work for the grounds, buildings, and programs.  This will position the college as the launch pad for new business and economic development and as a regional leader in design, entrepreneurship, and green principles of stewardship and economic growth.
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2006.