NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 1020
HOUSE BILL 378

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO PURCHASE MATERIALS FOR A SOLAR HEATED DORMITORY AT THE JOHN C. CAMPBELL FOLK SCHOOL.

Whereas, the John C. Campbell Folk School of Brasstown was founded in 1925; and
Whereas, the school's goals include improving the quality of rural life by bringing better farming practices and economic and cultural opportunities to the people of the surrounding areas, and teaching crafts and recreation to students; and
Whereas, in 1980 more than 860 students participated in courses at the Folk School, which included Crafts, Music, Dancing, Cherokee Indian History, Creative Writing, Homesteading, Appalachian Culture, and Folk Lore; and
Whereas, in 1980 1,500 people attended the Folk School's concert series; and
Whereas, in 1980 local craftsmen marketed over one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in crafts through the School Marketing Program; and
Whereas, 14 community groups use the Folk School premises as a meeting place on a regular basis; and
Whereas, the Folk School has been nominated for the National Register of Historical Places; and
Whereas, an earth insulated solar heated student dormitory will enable more students to attend the Folk School and will add much needed space at the school; and
Whereas, as a demonstration project, planning and construction of the dormitory will be educational for Folk School students and will provide the total community with an opportunity to examine an integrated efficient system, easily adapted to a variety of structures; Now, therefore,

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Cultural Resources for fiscal year 1981‑82 the sum of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) to purchase building materials to be used in a solar heated dormitory at the John C. Campbell Folk School of Brasstown, North Carolina.
Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 9th day of October, 1981.