A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to support the historically minority colleges and universities consortium.
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 2007‑2008 fiscal year and the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year to support the operations and work of the North Carolina Historically Minority Colleges and Universities Consortium in determining the best practices and methodologies for closing the achievement gap among children of various demographic groups who are performing below grade level.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.