A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to the community colleges system office to establish a scholarship program for prospective teachers and to develop teacher PREPARATION courses.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Community Colleges System Office the sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) for the 2002‑2003 fiscal year to match the Glaxo Smith Kline Foundation challenge grant establishing a two million dollar ($2,000,000) endowment for the creation of a new scholarship program for prospective teachers enrolled in baccalaureate completion programs at State community college campuses and the development of teacher preparation courses. These courses shall be offered in partnership with the constituent institutions of The University of North Carolina and shall incorporate on‑line courses, two‑way interactive video, and other distance learning technologies with face‑to‑face instruction to bring teaching degrees and credentials to people and places where they are most needed.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2002.