A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to state the intent of the general assembly to evaluate the tuition grant program available to north carolina residents who graduate from the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, to appropriate funds to the board of governors for the school of science and mathematics to collect information regarding the program, and to direct the board of governors and the Joint legislative education oversight committee to report their findings and recommendations to the 2005 general assembly as to whether that tuition grant program should continue.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the General Assembly to review G.S. 116‑238.1 that provides a four‑year tuition grant to any North Carolina resident who graduates from the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics and enrolls as a full‑time student in a constituent institution of The University of North Carolina, to evaluate that tuition grant program, and to determine whether the program should be continued.  It is the further intent of the General Assembly to provide notice to the students attending and applying to the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics that the tuition grants program may be discontinued after review by the General Assembly.
SECTION 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) for the 2004‑2005 fiscal year to be allocated to the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics to collect data on the median family income of the students attending the school.
SECTION 3.  The President of the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics and the Board of Governors shall report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee regarding the information collected in compliance with Section 1 of this act and the findings and recommendations of the Board of Governors regarding the need, if any, to continue the scholarship program established by G.S. 116‑238.1.  The Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee shall report to the 2005 General Assembly the information received from the President of the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics and the Board of Governors and the findings and recommendations of the Board of Governors, along with the Committee's own findings and recommendations regarding the continuation of the tuition grant program.
SECTION 4.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2004.