A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds for the school connectivity initiative.
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 twenty‑four million dollars ($24,000,000) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year and the sum of twenty‑four million dollars ($24,000,000) for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year to fully fund the school connectivity initiative.  The purpose of the initiative is to connect all local school administrative units into a statewide network that ensures broadband connectivity to all schools and classrooms.
The results of the pilot program funded for the 2006‑2007 fiscal year shall be used in the further implementation of this initiative.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.