GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 H 1 HOUSE BILL 540 Short Title: Additional Funds for Patriot Star Scholarship. (Public) Sponsors: Representatives Goodwin, Bell, Chesser, and Wheatley (Primary Sponsors). For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site. Referred to: Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House March 27, 2025 *H540 -v-1* A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1 AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE PATRIOT STAR FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP 2 PROGRAM. 3 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4 SECTION 1. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors 5 of The University of North Carolina for the 2025-2026 fiscal year the sum of two million dollars 6 ($2,000,000) in recurring funds to be allocated to the Patriot Foundation for the operation of the 7 North Carolina Patriot Star Family Scholarship Program. 8 SECTION 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 2025. 9