GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION

CHAPTER 997
SENATE BILL 1439

AN ACT TO TRANSFER THE VETERANS AND MILITARY EDUCATION PROGRAM FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND THE STATE BOARD OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA.

Whereas, the Veterans and Military Education Program is a federally funded program administered by the North Carolina Department of Community Colleges under contract with the United States Veterans Administration; and
Whereas, the Veterans and Military Education Program is substantially involved with assistance to military personnel, whether on active duty, released from active duty, or retired in the form of directing military personnel to available State and nonpublic programs of higher education and resources for meeting the costs of higher education; and
Whereas, The University of North Carolina is charged under State law, in part, to "foster the development of a well-planned and coordinated system of higher education" and to "encourage the economical use of the State's resources"; and
Whereas, The University of North Carolina is responsible under State law to administer various programs of federal and State student financial aid that are available to military personnel; Now, therefore,

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  The Veterans and Military Education Program is transferred from the Department of Community Colleges and the State Board of Community Colleges to The University of North Carolina.  This transfer shall have all of the elements of a Type I transfer, as that term is defined in G.S. 143A-6(a).
Sec. 2.  The funds appropriated to the Department of Community Colleges and the State Board of Community Colleges for the 1990-91 fiscal year to administer the Veterans and Military Education Program are transferred to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina.
Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 20th day of July, 1990.