GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2013

SESSION LAW 2013-322

SENATE BILL 444

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.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 18^th day of July, 2013.

                                                                    s/  Daniel J. Forest

                                                                         President of the Senate

                                                                    s/  Thom Tillis

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

                                                                    s/  Pat McCrory

                                                                         Governor

Approved 4:23 p.m. this 23^rd day of July, 2013