S257 - Appropriations Act of 2017. (SL 2017-57)

Overview: S.L. 2017-57, Sec. 10.14 requires the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina (BOG) to study the feasibility of establishing a School of Health Sciences and Health Care at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. The BOG must submit a report on the study, including its findings and recommendations, by March 1, 2018, to the members of the Senate and the House of Representatives.

Additionally, the BOG must study the feasibility of establishing the following programs at Winston-Salem State University: a Physician Assistant Program, a Chiropractic Medicine Program, and a pilot program for Basic Law Enforcement Training. The BOG must submit a report on the study, including its findings and recommendations, to the members of the Senate and the House of Representatives by March 1, 2018.

This section became effective July 1, 2017.