S681 - Agency Policy Directives/2019-2020. (SL 2020-78)

Overview: Sec. 3.1 of S.L. 2020-78 directs the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina to report by February 1 of each year to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee, the Senate Appropriations Committee on Education/Higher Education, the House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Education, and the Fiscal Research Division of the General Assembly on the actions and adjustments necessary to its budgetary policies, regulations, and standards that result from the Current Operations Appropriations Act for the administration and operation of The University of North Carolina and the distribution of State and federal funds to its constituent institutions. This report must include at least the following information for each constituent institution:

• Guidelines related to State salaries of The University of North Carolina employees, including range, median, and mean of faculty salaries at the institution.
• Budget allocations and reductions, including for operating expenses and specific programs.
• Distribution of additional State allocations for enrollment funding.
• Use of State funds and budget flexibility.
• Availability of federal funds.
• Tuition and fees.
• Composition of the student population at the constituent institution, including headcount enrollment and full-time student enrollment for both undergraduate and graduate students, and aggregate data on residency status, median household income, gender, race, and ethnicity.
• Student retention and graduation rates.
• Postsecondary educational attainment rate at the constituent institution, including comparison to statewide data.
• A comparison to prior fiscal year expenditures and appropriations.

This section became effective July 1, 2020.