A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to APPROPRIATE funds for the wilson academy of applied TECHNOLOGY and pitt county schools early college high school.
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 2015‑2016 fiscal year in nonrecurring funds to be allocated to the Wilson County Schools for the planning and development of the Wilson Academy of Applied Technology, a cooperative innovative high school that has received contingent approval from the State Board of Education and State Board of Community Colleges. The funds appropriated in this section may be used for applied technology equipment, renovations of school property, and professional development for staff during a planning year prior to the opening of the school for the 2016‑2017 school year.
SECTION 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction the sum of three hundred ten thousand six hundred sixty‑nine dollars ($310,669) for the 2016‑2017 fiscal year in recurring funds to be allocated to the Wilson County Schools for the operation of the Wilson Academy of Applied Technology.
SECTION 3.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction the sum of three hundred ten thousand six hundred sixty‑nine dollars ($310,669) for the 2015‑2016 fiscal year in recurring funds to be allocated to the Pitt County Schools for the operation of the Pitt County Schools Early College High School, a cooperative innovative high school that has received contingent approval from the State Board of Education and State Board of Community Colleges.
SECTION 4.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2015.