A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds for the A+ Schools Program.
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 five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for the 2006‑2007 fiscal year for the A+ Schools Program, which is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.  These funds shall be used to expand the program to all school systems in the State and to support the ongoing professional development necessary to sustain the program in school systems currently participating in the program.  The purpose of the program is to assist schools in implementing school reform by integrating arts into the curriculum.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2006.