A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds for the truck driver training program on the davie campus of davidson County Community College.
Whereas, from 1988 to 2001, Davidson County Community College offered a Truck Driving Training program in cooperation with Johnson Community College; and
Whereas, in 2001, Davidson County Community College began offering its own Truck Driving Training program and, in 2006, began offering the program for other community colleges in the Piedmont Triad region; and
Whereas, since 2001, Davidson County Community College has supported its Truck Driving Training program through formula funding earned from enrollment and equipment funding, while similar programs received State funding above the formula funding level to support their programs; and
Whereas, the transportation industry is expected to grow in the Piedmont Triad region, which will increase the demand for trained workers; and
Whereas, due to the rising cost of repairs, fuel, and equipment, Davidson County Community College cannot adequately support its Truck Driving Training program through formula funding; 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 eighty‑seven thousand five hundred dollars ($87,500) for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year to support the Davidson County Community College Truck Driver Training program.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2008.