A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to connect communities in schools to ncren.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to Communities in Schools of North Carolina, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, the sum of one hundred thirty thousand dollars ($130,000) for the 2009‑2010 fiscal year to connect Communities in Schools programs to the North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN).  The NCREN connection will enable Communities in Schools of North Carolina, Inc. to deliver Web‑based dropout prevention programs to all schools and to Communities in Schools programs across North Carolina without charge.  Current Web‑based training and education programs include (i) identifying gang presence and activity in schools, (ii) understanding the unique learning needs of impoverished children, (iii) working with the children of military parents, and (iv) mentoring programs.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2009.