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Read. Follow. Verify.North Carolina appropriates $1.5 million in nonrecurring funds for Haywood County school projects
Last action · April 3, 2025: Ref to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (House action)Sponsors: Mark Pless and 1 other
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What This Bill Would Do
North Carolina appropriates $1,524,978 in from the General Fund to the Office of State Budget and Management for the 2025-2026 to provide a for capital projects in the Haywood County School system, effective July 1, 2025.
Allocates state funds specifically for athletic facility upgrades, including a new turf field, a metal building for a locker room, and stadium improvements across three local school properties.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Haywood County School system
Receives $1,524,978 in nonrecurring state funds to execute specific capital and athletic facility improvement projects.
Office of State Budget and Management
Receives the appropriated funds to provide a directed grant to the Haywood County School system.
Key Facts
- Appropriates $1,524,978 in nonrecurring funds from the General Fund for the 2025-2026 fiscal year.
- Directs funds through the Office of State Budget and Management to the Haywood County School system.
- Allocates $998,538 to install a turf field at Tuscola High School.
- Allocates $26,440 to purchase a metal building for use as a multipurpose locker room at the C.E. Weatherby Stadium.
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- Allocates $500,000 for stadium improvements at Bethel Middle School.
- Sets the effective date as July 1, 2025.
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Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
3 actions- Apr 3, 2025HouseRef to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- Apr 3, 2025HousePassed 1st Reading
- Apr 1, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
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0–100- Significance25How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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