A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM FOR NURSING ACCREDITATION STATUS ACTIVITIES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the State Board of Community Colleges the sum of one million one hundred fifty‑seven thousand two hundred sixty-seven dollars ($1,157,267) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year and the sum of six million sixty‑one thousand five hundred dollars ($6,061,500) for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year.  These funds shall be used to provide for the salary differentials, cost of degree completion, and actual accreditation expense to move all associate degree and Practical Nursing programs in the North Carolina Community College System to full accreditation status by the National League of Nursing Accreditation.  These funds may also be used to provide annual expenses for those programs already accredited.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.