AN ACT to change the name of the north carolina gaming education revenue fund and to appropriate additional funds from that fund.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 143C‑9‑7 reads as rewritten:

§ 143C‑9‑7.  Indian Gaming Education Revenue Fund.

(a)        The Indian Gaming Education Revenue Fund is established in the State Treasury. Funds shall be expended from the Indian Gaming Education Revenue Fund only by specific appropriation by the General Assembly.

(b)        Upon Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, upon appropriation by the General Assembly, funds received in the Indian Gaming Education Revenue Fund shall be allocated quarterly by the State Board of Education to local school administrative units, charter schools, and regional schools on the basis of allotted average daily membership. The funds allotted by the State Board of Education pursuant to this section shall be nonreverting. Funds received pursuant to this section by local school administrative units in this State shall be expended for the sole purpose of educating children in the classroom.

(c)        Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, upon appropriation by the General Assembly, funds received in the Indian Gaming Fund shall be allocated quarterly to the North Carolina State Commission of Indian Affairs, the non‑gaming Indian tribes recognized by the State in Chapter 71A of the General Statutes, and the four Urban Indian Organizations that are members of the North Carolina Commission of Indian Affairs. Funds received pursuant to this section by the North Carolina State Commission of Indian Affairs shall be expended for the Commission's operating expenses and programs. Funds received pursuant to this section by the non‑gaming Tribes and Urban Indian Organizations shall be expended to support cultural and economic development.

SECTION 2.(a)  There is appropriated from the Indian Gaming Fund, as renamed in Section 1 of this act, to the Department of Administration, North Carolina State Commission of Indian Affairs, the sum of two million dollars ($2,000,000) in recurring funds for each year of the 2025‑2027 fiscal biennium for the Commission's operating expenses and programs.

SECTION 2.(b)  There is appropriated from the Indian Gaming Fund, as renamed in Section 1 of this act, to the Office of State Budget and Management the sum of five million two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($5,250,000) in recurring funds for each year of the 2025‑2027 fiscal biennium to provide directed grants to the seven non‑gaming Indian tribes to be used for cultural, educational, and economic development. These funds shall be divided equally among the following:

(1)        The Coharie of Sampson and Harnett Counties.

(2)        The Haliwa‑Saponi of Halifax, Warren, and adjoining counties.

(3)        The Lumbee of Robeson, Hoke, and Scotland Counties.

(4)        The Meherrin of Hertford, Bertie, Northampton, and Gates Counties.

(5)        The Waccamaw‑Siouan from Columbus and Bladen Counties.

(6)        The Sappony of Person County.

(7)        The Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation of Orange and surrounding counties.

SECTION 2.(c)  There is appropriated from the Indian Gaming Fund, as renamed in Section 1 of this act, to the Office of State Budget and Management the sum of four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) in recurring funds for each year of the 2025‑2027 fiscal biennium to provide directed grants to the four Urban Indian Organizations to be used for cultural, educational, and economic development. These funds shall be divided equally among the following:

(1)        The Cumberland County Association for Indian People of Cumberland County.

(2)        The Guilford Native Americans Association of Guilford and surrounding counties.

(3)        The Metrolina Native Americans Association of Mecklenburg and surrounding counties.

(4)        The Triangle Native American Society of Wake and surrounding counties.

SECTION 3.  There is appropriated from the Indian Gaming Fund, as renamed in Section 1 of this act, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in recurring funds for each year of the 2025‑2027 fiscal biennium to support the State Advisory Council on Indian Education.

SECTION 4.  There is appropriated from the Indian Gaming Fund, as renamed in Section 1 of this act, to the Office of State Budget and Management the sum of one million one hundred thousand dollars ($1,100,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 2025‑2026 fiscal year to provide directed grants as follows:

(1)        Five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) to the Haliwa‑Saponi Tribe, Incorporated, for operating costs and capital needs of the Haliwa‑Saponi Tribal School.

(2)        Five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) to Old Main STREAM Academy, Inc., for operating costs and capital needs of the Old Main STREAM Academy.

(3)        One hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to the Waccamaw‑Siouan Indian Tribe, Inc., to support the Waccamaw Siouan Daycare.

SECTION 5.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2025.