A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds for BEAUFORT county community college for construction of a new allied health building.
Whereas, Beaufort County Community College serves a rural and historically economically disadvantaged service area consisting of Beaufort, Hyde, Tyrell, and Washington Counties;
Whereas, the Katie G. Paul Building houses the Associate Degree Nursing and Practical Nursing programs on the campus of Beaufort County Community College; and
Whereas, classroom space in the Katie G. Paul Building is utilized to the maximum for instruction in both programs and will not allow future expansion of either; and
Whereas, professional assessment in the nursing field has demonstrated an ever increasing need for nurses and other health care professionals; and
Whereas, an Allied Health Building to house expanded nursing and medical laboratory technology programs along with new programs would help Beaufort County Community College meet the growing demand in the health care industry; and
Whereas, the vacated Katie G. Paul Building would facilitate the establishment of a Learn and Earn Early College High School on the Beaufort County Community College campus; Now, therefore,
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Community Colleges System Office the sum of six million two hundred thousand dollars ($6,200,000) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year to be allocated to Beaufort County Community College for construction of a new Allied Health Building.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.