A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT consolidating the community college customized training programs.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 115D‑5.1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 115D‑5.1.  Workforce Development Programs.
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(c)	The State Board of Community Colleges shall report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee on September 1 of each year on expenditures for the Customized Training Programs each fiscal year. The report shall include, for each company or individual that receives funds for the Customized Training Programs:
(1)	The total amount of funds received by the company or individual;
(2)	The amount of funds per trainee received by the company or individual;
(3)	The amount of funds received per trainee by the community college training the trainee;
(4)	The number of trainees trained by company and by community college; and
(5)	The number of years the companies or individuals have been funded.
(d)	Funds available for Customized Training Programs shall not revert at the end of a fiscal year but shall remain available until expended.
				
(e)	Customized Training Programs shall include programs that:
(1)	Create new jobs and promote job growth,
(2)	Enhance productivity, and
(3)	Enhance company technology and investment in plant.
						
(f)	Of the funds appropriated for Customized Training Programs, the State Board of Community Colleges may allocate up to seven hundred thousand dollars ($700,000) per year for the support of regional instructional personnel in order to establish training infrastructure to deliver customized training services to business and industry.
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SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2008.