A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to the department of public instruction to enhance agricultural education in the classroom.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.(a)  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction the sum of one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year. These funds shall be used to continue the development of an understanding and teaching of agriculture in grades K‑12 by providing training programs and materials for teachers and curricula and educational programs for students for agricultural education purposes.
SECTION 1.(b)  It is the intent of the General Assembly that funds for the Agriculture in the Classroom Program be included in the continuation budget.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2008.