A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to establish an internship program for high school students from low‑Income families and to appropriate funds for that purpose.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The State Board of Education shall develop an internship program for high school students from low‑income families.  Students shall receive high school credit for successfully completing the program.
The purpose of the program shall be to demonstrate to students from low‑income families the financial benefits of staying in school, give them real work experience, and give them more confidence.
SECTION 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction the sum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year and the sum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year to implement the internship program across the State.
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.