A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to support an academic enrichment and leadership institute for minority males at north carolina central university.
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 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 be allocated to the North Carolina Leadership Institute Foundation, Inc., to support an academic enrichment and leadership institute for minority male youth in grades 9‑12. These funds shall be used to implement any initiative relating to the institute, including any of the following:
(1)	A summer residential academic enrichment and leadership institute for minority males who are performing below grade level or at risk of academic failure.
(2)	An after‑school program during the regular school year on character training.
(3)	A seminar to heighten awareness of the plight of minority males in education and gang‑related activities.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.