GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

S	1 

SENATE BILL 853

Short Title:  A & T/Architecture School.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Martin of Guilford; Murphy and Seymour.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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May 2, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH AND APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR ARCHITECTURE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR QUALIFIED GRADUATES AND UNDERGRADUATES OF NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY.
Whereas, graduates of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University have made significant contributions to the architectural profession for over 30 years; and
Whereas, the General Assembly recognizes the need to promote career opportunities for future graduates in the field of architecture;  Now, therefore,
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina the sum of $36,000 for the 1991-92 fiscal year, to support three qualified North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University graduates or undergraduates who pursue a professional degree in architecture at North Carolina State University at Raleigh.  The financial support provided by this act shall last for two academic years beginning with the 1991-92 academic year.  Any funds remaining on June 30, 1993, shall revert to the General Fund.
Sec. 2. The Board of Governors shall adopt rules to administer the scholarship funds for qualified professional students.  The rules adopted concerning qualification shall include requirements that those eligible for the funds be (i) either graduates of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University who have been admitted to the Master of Architecture Program of North Carolina State University at Raleigh, or (ii) North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University undergraduates who are in their fifth or sixth years of the Architecture-Architectural Engineering dual degree program offered jointly by North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and North Carolina State University at Raleigh.  The rules shall also include standards requiring that those eligible either be residents of North Carolina at the time of entering North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University or, if not residents, agree to work in North Carolina for at least three years following completion of the program.  The rules shall also include the stipulation that, if the nonresident qualifying student fails to complete three years of work in North Carolina following graduation, that student shall repay the scholarship fund as follows:
(1)	If the student has completed less than two years of work in North Carolina, the student shall repay the entire amount of the scholarship received;
(2)	If the student has completed at least two years of work but less than three, the student shall repay one-half of the scholarship received.
Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1991.