A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT directing the department of public instruction to study the effectiveness of GEOGRAPHY education in middle and high SCHOOLS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The Department of Public Instruction shall study the effectiveness of geography education in middle schools and high schools and shall consider potential changes to geography education.  The Department of Public Instruction shall report the results of this study, including any recommended changes to geography education, to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee prior to the convening of the 2009 General Assembly.
SECTION 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year to implement the provisions of this act.
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2008.