GB 141, Half-Student Reapportionment Act

Half-Student Reapportionment Act

GB 141, 83rd Session

Version Info:

2-23-2004, as initially introduced: HTML

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Basic Information:

Primary Sponsor(s):

Cobb, Hinton, Lassiter, Toms, and White

Current Status:

Title Registered

Report(s):

None

Long Title:

AN ACT FRACTIONALIZING THE STUDENT-COUNT OF MAJORS THAT REQUIRE NORTH CAROLINA TEACHING CERTIFICATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF APPORTIONMENT

Summary of Purpose:

Allows students with co-education majors to be counted as 1/2 a student for their respective college and 1/2 a student for the College of Education

Consideration History:

2-25-2004 Senate:

First Reading

Online Text

(as of 2-23-2004, as initially introduced)

GOVERNMENT BILL 141

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

An act Fractionalizing the student-count of majors that require north carolina teaching certification for the Purpose of apportionment

Short Title: Half-Student Reapportionment Act (Public)

Sponsored by: Senators Cobb, Hinton, Lassiter, Toms and White

First Reading: February 25, 2004 Version Date: February 21, 2004

Referred to: __________________________________________________________.

WHEREAS, many education majors such as Agricultural Education, History/Political Science Education, English Education, and Foreign Language Education are not considered under the domain of the College of Education at North Carolina State University, but instead, other colleges and;

WHEREAS, these same majors require a teaching licensure issued by the state of North Carolina, which is pre-approved by the College of Education, and;

WHEREAS, students pursuing majors such as these must pass the Praxis Examination, aided by the College of Education, and;

WHEREAS, a large portion of these curricula contain courses in education provided by the College of Education, and;

WHEREAS, several students with these majors have scholarships (i.e. NC Teaching Fellows, Eileen and J. Bryant Kirkland Agricultural Endowment Scholarship, and Mary McLeod Bethune Scholarship) that are dispersed and enhanced by the College of Education, and;

WHEREAS, students pursuing educational degrees are required to student-teach for one semester through the College of Education, and;

WHEREAS, these co-disciplinary students deserve representation both through their official colleges and the College of Education, therefore be it

ENACTED, by the North Carolina State University Student Senate that:

Section 1. Student Body Statutes §2-3 shall be amended by inserting:

§2-3.7. College of Education Fractional Apportionment.

Exclusively for the purpose of apportionment, students with a primary major in Agricultural Education, English Education, History/Political Science Education, and Foreign Language Education shall count for fifty percent (50%) of a student in their primary college and for fifty percent (50%) of a student in the College of Education. This calculation shall be completed using FTE enrollment, not headcount enrollment.

Section 2. This act shall be effective upon its enrollment.

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