GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 961*

Short Title:  Funds/Expand Community Link.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Beall and Ramsey.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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April 16, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO EXPAND AND UPGRADE THE COMMUNITY LINK PROGRAM TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICES TO WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Community Colleges the sum of nine hundred sixty-seven thousand dollars ($967,000) for the 1997-98 fiscal year to expand the Community Link program and upgrade its existing sites.  Community Link is a telecommunications delivery system that provides educational opportunities to the mountain communities of rural Western North Carolina. 
Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1997.