A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to APPROPRIATE funds to SUPPORT the transfer advisory COMMITTEE and the MILITARY credit advisory council in their work to streamline credit transfer ACROSS constituent institutions and to grant veterans credit for their military EXPERIENCE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  For the 2019‑2020 fiscal year, there is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina the sum of one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) in recurring funds and two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) in nonrecurring funds to support the work of the Transfer Advisory Committee (TAC) and the Military Credit Advisory Council (MCAC). The funds shall be used by TAC to maximize reach, expand scope, and tackle other issues related to credit transfer that may stand in the way of seamless pathways for students, including site reviews, work groups of faculty from community colleges and constituent institutions for new initiatives, and creation of new pathway programs. MCAC shall use these funds to complete the initial phase of military credit evaluation and create a searchable database of military credit equivalencies.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2019.