A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to direct the board of governors of the university of north carolina to study the options for establishing a school of engineering at fayetteville state university, to begin the first phase of establishing a school of engineering at fayetteville state university, and to appropriate funds to assist with the cost of the feasibility study.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina shall study the options for establishing a school of engineering at Fayetteville State University. In its study, the Board of Governors shall consider the feasibility of establishing a school of engineering at Fayetteville State University that would join a consortium of other engineering schools in the State university system and that would offer engineering classes to students through long‑distance education and satellite teaching. The Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina shall report its findings and recommendations no later than January 1, 2005, and shall begin the first phase of establishing a school of engineering at Fayetteville State University by the 2005‑2006 academic year.
SECTION 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina the sum of twenty‑five thousand dollars ($25,000) for the 2004‑2005 fiscal year to assist with the cost of the feasibility study.
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2004.