A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds for an international studies pilot program.
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 five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year to establish and implement an International Studies Pilot Program in the Onslow County Schools and in the McDowell County Schools. The purpose of the pilot program shall be to provide start‑up funds to enable one local school administrative unit in the eastern part of the State and one in the western part of the State to plan and develop an international studies program. The funds may be used for staff, curriculum development, instructional materials and technology, and staff development.
The State Board of Education shall report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee on the implementation of the pilot program.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.