A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds for the A+ Schools Program.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina the sum of six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year for the A+ Schools Program, which is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.  These funds shall be used to expand the program to additional school systems and to support the ongoing professional development necessary to sustain the program in school systems currently participating in the program.  The purpose of the program is to assist schools in implementing school reform to meet accountability standards by integrating arts into the curriculum..
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2008.