A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to APPROPRIATE funds to train literacy coaches.
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 two million one hundred thousand dollars ($2,100,000) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year and the sum of two million one hundred thousand dollars ($2,100,000)) for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year to provide funds to the North Carolina Teacher Academy to train up to 250 literacy coaches.  Each of these literacy coaches shall be assigned to schools with an eighth grade to provide professional development in literacy skills. These funds shall be used to design, develop, and implement both face‑to‑face and online training for these coaches.  Literacy coaches shall be required to coach, mentor, and train existing faculty in their schools on best practices used to improve students' reading ability.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.