Appropriates from the General Fund to the Office of State Budget and Management (OSBM) $13,191,500 for 2025-26 to provide a directed grant to Swain County to be used in specified amounts, as described, for: (1) the Bryson City Fire Department; (2) Bryson City water and sewer infrastructure improvement; (3) a multipurpose building to house the emergency management departments, including fire, rescue, and law enforcement; (4) a communication tower; and (5) the Qualla Fire Department.

Appropriates from the General Fund to OSBM $18,601,553 for 2025-26 to provide a directed grant to Jackson County to be used in the specified amounts, as described, for: (1) the Town of Dillsboro, (2) the Canada Fire Department, (3) the Cashiers Fire Department, (4) Cherokee Fire & Rescue Fire Station l, (5) the Jackson County Public Schools, (6) Jackson County Sheriff's Office, and (7) the Town of Webster.

Appropriates from the General Fund to OSBM $62,256,400 for 2025-26 to provide a directed grant to Transylvania County to be used in the specified amounts, as described, for: (1) the Town of Brevard, (2) the Town of Rosman, (3) Cedar Mountain Volunteer Fire Rescue Inc., (4) the Town of North Transylvania Fire Rescue Inc., and (5) the Transylvania County Sheriff's Office.

Appropriates from the General Fund to OSBM $28,454,697 for 2025-26 to provide a directed grant to the Transylvania County Board of Education to be used in the specified amounts, as described.

Appropriates from the General Fund to OSBM $4.5 million for 2025-26 to provide a directed grant to Southwestern Community College to be used in the specified amounts for the two described purposes.

Appropriates from the General Fund to OSBM $72,924,100 for 2025-26 to provide a directed grant to Western Carolina University to be used in the specified amounts for the five described purposes.

Appropriates from the General Fund to OSBM $9.8 million for 2025-26 to provide a directed grant to Southwestern Community College to be used for repair and renovation of the Almond Center.

Appropriates from the General Fund to OSBM $109.420 million for 2025-26 to provide a directed grant to Blue Ridge Community College to be used in the specified amounts for the eleven described purposes.

Appropriates from the General Fund to OSBM $1,525,000 for 2025-26 to provide a directed grant to (1) Fishes and Loaves Food Pantry Inc., (2) Swain County Genealogical and Historical Society, and (3) Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation to be used in the specified amounts, as described.

Appropriates from the General Fund to OSBM: (1) $18,278,624 for 2025-26, (2) $91,372 in recurring funds for 2025-26, and (3) $223,860 in recurring funds for 2026-27 to provide a directed grant to UNC Asheville to be used for described purposes.

Appropriates from the General Fund to the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources $1.5 million for the NC Sciences Museum Grant Program to be used to provide one-time grants to science museums in Western North Carolina (including ten listed in the act) that have been engaged in relief efforts and whose normal operations were disrupted, causing a severe loss in revenue due to the extensive damage caused by Hurricane Helene. Sets limits on grant awards and provides for equal distribution of remaining funds to all grantees.

Effective July 1, 2025.