RESOLUTION 06

A RESOLUTION TO BE ENTITLED

An act To urge the North Carolina General Assembly to maintain the current level of funding for the Graduate Non-Resident tuition remission program

WHEREAS,    the current version of the House budget proposes a 10 percent reduction in University funding for non-resident graduate student tuition remissions; and,

WHEREAS,    the tuition remission program is critical in recruiting top level graduate students from across the United States and the world; and,

WHEREAS,    financial commitments to graduate students have already been made based on the existing budget for the tuition remission program; and,

WHEREAS,    cuts to the tuition remission program would significantly impact the inflow of intellectual capital into North Carolina, making the state less attractive to new and existing high technology, high growth companies; and,

WHEREAS,    cuts to the tuition remission program would substantially hinder North Carolina State UniversityÕs mission as a Research I institution; now, therefore be it

RESOLVED,  that the North Carolina State University Student Senate strongly urges the North Carolina General Assembly to agree to no budget which contains any cuts to the non-resident tuition remission program.

I hereby certify that this resolution was read and adopted in the North Carolina State University Student Senate, this 2^nd day of May 2003.

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Erich M. Fabricius

Student Senate President

I hereby signify my approval of this resolution as adopted by the North Carolina State University Student Senate, this _______ day of ____________, 2002.

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Tony Caravano

Student Body President