NC H305

Board of Governors of UNC shall study undergraduate summer school courses' impact on graduation rates and academic success using six years of data, examining enrollment, degree completion, four-year graduation rates, course selection methodology, funding methods, faculty compensation, and financial aid availability, with findings due to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee by March 15, 2020.

Appropriates $1,881,861 in recurring funds for fiscal year 2019-2020 and $618,139 for fiscal year 2020-2021 (totaling $2,500,000) to the Board of Governors for grants to the National College Advising Corps to expand placement of near-peer college advisers in North Carolina public schools.

Intends to appropriate an additional $333,333 for fiscal year 2021-2022 and subsequent years to expand college adviser placement to all 100 counties of the State, with CAC required to match State funds at a ratio of $2 in non-State funds for every $1 in State funds.

College advisers shall provide services including assisting with postsecondary campus visits, college entrance exam registration, FAFSA completion, scholarship identification, college applications, and parent engagement, with emphasis on hiring advisers with similar backgrounds to underrepresented, low-income, or first-generation students.

CAC shall submit annual reports by June 1 to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee detailing progress on adviser placement expansion, program effectiveness data, and use of State funds.