A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds for explornet, inc., and its programs and services.
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 three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year and the sum of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year to support and expand the programs and services of ExplorNet, Inc., a public-private partnership that encourages, promotes, and expands the use of technology in North Carolina public schools; provides high quality professional development for teachers and administrators utilizing research‑based instructional practices, student data, and technology tools to improve student success; provides 21st century work skills to teachers and their students; and helps prepare students for the 21st century technology‑based careers.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.