North Carolina HB 1125: The Wakaboomee Program.

Status: Passed 1st Reading (as of 2026-04-30)

State: North Carolina · Session: 2025 · Bill: HB 1125

Subjects: APPROPRIATIONS; BUDGET & MANAGEMENT OFFICE; BUDGETING; CORPORATIONS, NONPROFIT; COUNTIES; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION; PUBLIC; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; STEM; WAYNE COUNTY; JOHNSTON COUNTY

Sponsors: Dahle, K. Brown

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 1
HOUSE BILL 1125

Short Title: The Wakaboomee Program. (Public)
Sponsors: Representative K. Brown.
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
April 30, 2026
*H1125-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO WAKABOOMEE FOR S.T.E.A.M. 2
OPPORTUNITIES FOR RURAL AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
SECTION 1. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Office of State 5
Budget and Management the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in nonrecurring 6
funds for the 2026-2027 fiscal year to be allocated as a grant to Wakaboomee, a nonprofit 7
corporation, to expand the Wakaboomee's statewide reach into Johnston and Wayne Counties, 8
bringing programming to rural and underserved communities, delivering science, technology, 9
engineering, arts, and mathematics to community members. 10
SECTION 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 2026. 11

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