A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to allow community colleges to teach universal general education transfer courses during the summer term and earn funding for those courses year‑round.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 115D‑5(v) reads as rewritten:
"(v)	Community colleges may teach technical education, health care, developmental education, STEM‑related courses, and the Universal General Education Transfer Courses contained in the Comprehensive Articulation Agreement entered into between The University of North Carolina and the North Carolina Community College System at any time during the year, including the summer term. Student membership hours from these courses shall be counted when computing full‑time equivalent students (FTE) for use in budget funding formulas at the State level."
SECTION 2.  The State Board of Community Colleges shall report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee by October 1, 2015, on FTE for the summer 2015 term.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with the summer 2015 term.