House Bill 372 Summary

• Commends the University of North Carolina Board of Governors for standardizing Advanced Placement credit policies across all constituent institutions, requiring credit awards for scores of three or higher on AP exams.

• Allows individual UNC institutions to petition their Board of Trustees for exceptions to the AP credit policy only with compelling reasons.

• Appropriates $1,408,632 in recurring funds and $5,150 in nonrecurring funds for the 2019-2020 fiscal year to the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics Morganton campus for staff, operating expenses, and equipment.

• Appropriates $3,389,820 in recurring funds and $792,369 in nonrecurring funds for the 2020-2021 fiscal year to the Morganton campus for the same purposes.

• Takes effect July 1, 2019, with funding provisions remaining in effect until superseded by the Current Operations Appropriations Act.