Bill Summary for H 950 (2019-2020)

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Apr 25 2019

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View NCGA Bill Details2019-2020 Session
House Bill 950 (Public) Filed Thursday, April 25, 2019
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE TRIANGLE LITERACY COUNCIL TO ESTABLISH AT LEAST TWENTY JUVENILE LITERACY CENTERS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES IN THE STATE.
Intro. by Stevens.

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Appropriates $2.5 million in nonrecurring funds for each year of the 2019-2021 biennium from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) for a grant to the Triangle Literacy Council to support at least 20 new juvenile literacy centers located in each of the 20 specified counties to serve court-involved and at-risk youth. 

Requires the Triangle Literacy Council, in consultation with DPI, to report annually by September 1 of each year following the fiscal year in which funds are spent, to the specified NCGA committee and division. 

Effective July 1, 2019.