GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2025

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HOUSE BILL 1125

Short Title:      The Wakaboomee Program.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representative K. Brown. For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to:	Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

April 30, 2026

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to appropriate funds to wakaboomee for s.t.e.a.m. opportunities for rural and underserved communities.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Office of State Budget and Management the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 2026‑2027 fiscal year to be allocated as a grant to Wakaboomee, a nonprofit corporation, to expand the Wakaboomee's statewide reach into Johnston and Wayne Counties, bringing programming to rural and underserved communities, delivering science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics to community members.

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2026.