GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2013

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SENATE BILL 444

Short Title:        UNC/Cherokee Language.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Senators Brock and J. Davis (Primary Sponsors).
Referred to:	Education/Higher Education.

March 27, 2013

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to require the constituent institutions of The university of north carolina to recognize the cherokee language as a LANGUAGE FOR WHICH A STUDENT MAY SATISFY A FOREIGN LANGUAGE COURSE REQUIREMENT FOR DEGREE COMPLETION.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 116-11 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:

"(4c) The Board of Governors shall require each constituent institution to develop and implement a policy that recognizes the Cherokee language as a language for which a student may satisfy the foreign language course requirement for degree completion at the institution."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to the 2013-2014 academic year and each subsequent year.