A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to support the "We the People: THE citizen and the constitution" school competition.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction the sum of twenty‑five thousand dollars ($25,000) for the 2005‑2006 fiscal year and the sum of twenty‑five thousand dollars ($25,000) for the 2006‑2007 fiscal year.  These funds shall be used to support civic education and involvement by enabling the State winner of the "We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution" competition to travel to and participate in the national competition.
"We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution" is a national civic education program that helps elementary and secondary students understand the history and principles of our constitutional government.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2005.