S257 - Appropriations Act of 2017. (SL 2017-57)

Overview: Sec. 11B.9 of S.L. 2017-57 expands access to Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, an early literacy program that mails books on a monthly basis to children registered for the program. This section allows the North Carolina Partnership for Children to use up to 2% of the funding for program evaluation. The North Carolina Partnership for Children must report by March 1, 2018 to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services on the success of the program.

This section became effective July 1, 2017.