GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	1 

SENATE BILL 638

Short Title:  AVID Program Pilots/3 School Units.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Winner; Dannelly, Odom and Rucho.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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April 1, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO IMPLEMENT THE AVID PROGRAM IN THREE LOCAL SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the State Board of Education the sum of one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) for the 1997-98 fiscal year and the sum of one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) for the 1998-99 fiscal year to implement Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) pilot programs in three local school administrative units.  The purpose of the AVID pilot programs shall be to increase the enrollment of underrepresented and low-income students in postsecondary education.  Local school administrative units selected as pilot units shall state how they plan to evaluate the success of the program.
The State Board of Education shall allocate the funds to the pilot programs in proportion to the number of students proposed to be served.
Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1997.