AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE PURCHASE AND upfit OF THE HISTORIC MORGAN SCHOOL IN CHARLOTTE AND to support VARIOUS COMMUNITY‑BASED PROGRAMS to be held at the school.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Office of State Budget and Management the sum of four million nine hundred thousand dollars ($4,900,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 2023‑2024 fiscal year to provide a directed grant to The Historic Preservation Foundation of North Carolina, Inc. (Preservation NC), to be used as follows:

(1)        $2,400,000 to purchase the historic Morgan School from the Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools.

(2)        $2,500,000 to upfit the historic Morgan School.

SECTION 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Office of State Budget and Management the sum of two million dollars ($2,000,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 2023‑2024 fiscal year to provide a directed grant to The Cherry Community Organization, a nonprofit organization, to provide community‑based programs in health, literacy, and the arts at the historic Morgan School.

SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2023.