NC S778

Establishes the Hunger Free Campus Initiative requiring the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina and State Board of Community Colleges to address student hunger and food insecurity at their respective institutions.

Requires constituent institutions to implement policies including designating a campus employee for meal plan enrollment assistance, establishing on-campus food pantries or distributions, creating meal sharing programs for donated meal plan credits, and designating an annual point-of-contact for volunteer coordination.

Requires community colleges to implement policies including designating a campus employee for meal resource information, providing on-campus food pantries or distributions, and designating an annual point-of-contact for student volunteer coordination.

Appropriates $1,600,000 in recurring funds to UNC constituent institutions ($100,000 per institution annually) and $5,800,000 in recurring funds to community college campuses ($100,000 per campus annually) beginning with fiscal year 2020-2021.

Becomes effective July 1, 2020.