A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to commend the board of governors of the university of north carolina for standardizing advanced placement credit policies and allowing students to complete undergraduate degrees in a more efficient and timely manner and to appropriate funds for the morganton campus of the north carolina school of science and mathematics.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

PART I. UNC ADVANCED PLACEMENT CREDIT POLICIES
SECTION 1.  The General Assembly commends the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina for adopting a policy and regulations that standardize the Advanced Placement credit policies across all of the constituent institutions of The University of North Carolina. The General Assembly further supports and endorses the actions of the Board of Governors directing all constituent institutions to award appropriate credit to all undergraduates who have earned a score of three or higher on one or more Advanced Placement Exams and only allowing exceptions from this policy if the constituent institution petitions its Board of Trustees with compelling reasons for needing an exception. These actions of the Board of Governors shall create clarity and consistency on the issue of awarding undergraduate credit for Advanced Placement Exams and allow students who have proven that they have completed college‑level work by scoring a three or higher on this national exam to complete their degrees in a more timely manner. By encouraging and rewarding college‑level work that is completed in high school, the Board of Governors is creating more educational pathways for students, improving efficiencies, and being good stewards of public monies.

PART II. FUNDS FOR MORGANTON CAMPUS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATH
SECTION 2.(a)  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina (i) for the 2019‑2020 fiscal year, the sum of one million four hundred eight thousand six hundred thirty‑two dollars ($1,408,632) in recurring funds and the sum of five thousand one hundred fifty dollars ($5,150) in nonrecurring funds and (ii) for the 2020‑2021 fiscal year, the sum of three million three hundred eighty‑nine thousand eight hundred twenty dollars ($3,389,820) in recurring funds and the sum of seven hundred ninety‑two thousand three hundred sixty‑nine dollars ($792,369) in nonrecurring funds to provide funds for staff, operating expenses, and equipment for the Morganton campus of the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics.
SECTION 2.(b)  If any provision of this section and G.S. 143C‑5‑4 are in conflict, the provisions of this section shall prevail.
SECTION 2.(c)  The appropriations and the authorizations to allocate and spend funds which are set out in this section shall remain in effect until the Current Operations Appropriations Act for the applicable fiscal year becomes law, at which time that act shall become effective and shall govern appropriations and expenditures. When the Current Operations Appropriations Act for that fiscal year becomes law, the Director of the Budget shall adjust allotments to give effect to that act from July 1 of the fiscal year.
SECTION 2.(d)  This section becomes effective July 1, 2019.

PART III. EFFECTIVE DATE
SECTION 3.  Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective when it becomes law.