A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to continue the careerstart high school program.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina the sum of one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) for the 2009‑2010 fiscal year and the sum of one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 2010‑2011 fiscal year to continue the evaluation of the CareerStart Program by the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill so as to determine the program's long‑term effectiveness in reducing the dropout rate.
The purpose of the CareerStart Program is to increase the high school graduation rate and improve student achievement by promoting the relevance of instruction for middle school students and thereby enhancing the student's attention to the content of what is being taught in the core middle school courses of math, language arts, social studies, and science.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2009.