A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT appropriating proceeds from the north carolina state lottery to establish the george washington back‑to‑School grant program to return the nation's first president and commander‑In‑chief to the state's public schools.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.(a)  There is established in the Office of the Governor for the 2015‑2017 fiscal biennium a grant program to provide funding to the State's public schools for the purchase of suitable framed portraits of George Washington so that each public school that requests funding may display the likeness of the first United States President and Commander‑in‑Chief of the Armed Forces in a dignified location and manner so as to educate students about one of the most important figures in the nation's history and an enduring model of character, leadership, and civic responsibility.
SECTION 1.(b)  There is appropriated from the Education Lottery Fund to the Office of the Governor the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for the 2015‑2016 fiscal year and the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for the 2016‑2017 fiscal year to provide funding to public schools for the purchase of suitable framed portraits of George Washington under the "George Washington Back‑to‑School Grants" program established by subsection (a) of this section. The Governor's Office shall administer the program such that grants are made in the order in which they are requested until all funding is exhausted.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2015.