A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds for the RESPONSIVENESS to instruction initiative in the public schools.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction the sum of ninety thousand dollars ($90,000) in recurring funds for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year to support a State‑level coordinator of Responsiveness to Instruction, a general education-tiered model of research‑based interventions that provides quality interventions for students at risk to increase their success in the general education environment. The State‑level coordinator shall support and coordinate statewide training in the Responsiveness to Instruction Initiative.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2008.