Bill Summaries: S462 (2017-2018 Session)

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  • Summary date: Jun 18 2018 - View summary

    AN ACT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ADMINISTRATION TO THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SYSTEM OFFICE. Enacted June 15, 2018. Effective July 1, 2018.


  • Summary date: Jun 5 2018 - View summary

    House committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition.

    Deletes all provisions of the 1st edition and replaces it with the following.

    Changes the name of the UNC General Administration to the UNC System Office throughout statutes in the following General Statute Chapters: 116, 116D, 127B, 143, and 147 and directs that the statutes are amended further by making the substitution wherever it is needed.

    Specifies that all statutory and other legal authority, powers, duties, functions, records, personnel, property, and unexpended balances of appropriations or other funds of UNC General Administration remain those of the UNC System Office.

    Provides that nothing in the act requires the immediate replacement of any stationary, other supplies, or any emblems or other symbols used by the UNC System Office as they existed before the enactment of the act.

    Effective July 1, 2018.

    Makes conforming changes to the act's titles.


  • Summary date: Mar 29 2017 - View summary

    Directs the President, or the President's designee, and the UNC Board of Governors to jointly consider and evaluate the feasibility of applying for and implementing the UTEACH program as part of the curricula offered by the UNC System. Describes the UTEACH program as a course of study combining the requirements for rigorous STEM degrees (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) and requirements for secondary teaching certification without adding time or cost to four-year degrees.

    List six considerations the President, or the President's designee, and the Board of Governors can use in their evaluation of the UTEACH program, including which constituent institutions, departments, and programs would participate and collaborate in the program if it were implemented, and the cost of implementing and maintaining a program and the alternatives for financing the program. 

    Directs the President, or the President's designee, and the UNC Board of Governors to report to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee by April 1, 2018, with their findings and recommendations regarding the feasibility of applying for and implementing the UTEACH program as part of the curricula offered by the UNC System.