UNC System News (Title Change) FoundationsOfAmericanDemocracy/Academic Freedom

[gtyellowjacket]

I lived in CH for 50 years. I attended grad school there. Went to all the BBall and football games for 35 years

I have no clue

It's a joke. It's from that movie where Sean Bean didn't die.

 

[donbosco]

It appears that the REACH Act did not it out of committee...here is today's docket for the Senate or the House. (Though the "Eliminating "DEI" in Public Higher Ed." Bill does appear there --> ) Here it is: https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2025/2455/0/DRS15197-MT-84 )

Senate: https://calendars.ncleg.gov/CalendarDoc/2025/9263/Senate Calendar

House: https://calendars.ncleg.gov/CalendarDoc/2025/9268/House Calendar

 

[donbosco]

Correction the amended bill made it out of the Education/Higher Education Committee and was sent to the Committee on Appropriations (If that means there will be some funding for the hiring of adjuncts and faculty development that is great news) with the addition noted below:


Apparently in committee yesterday "George Washington's Farewell Address" was added to the list of required documents.

The Constitution of the United States of America
The Declaration of Independence
At least five essays from the Federalist Papers
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Gettysburg Address
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” and
The North Carolina State Constitution.

Bill H 7 (2025-2026)
Summary date: Apr 2 2025 - View Summary

House committee substitute to the 1st edition makes the following changes.

Amends proposed GS 116-11.5, concerning requirement of American history or American government instruction for a baccalaureate degree, by including George Washington’s Farewell Address in the documents students must read. Requires that the UNC Board of Governors remove one elective course requirement to account for this requirement.

Amends proposed GS 115D-11, concerning requirement of American history or American government instruction for an associate degree, by including George Washington’s Farewell Address in the documents students must read. Requires that the State Board of Community Colleges remove one elective course requirement to account for this requirement. Instead of allowing removal of the president of a community college for failure to comply with the statute over more than one academic year, allows the withdrawal or withholding of State financial and administrative support for a community college that does not comply for more than one academic year and specifies that this noncompliance also constitutes noncompliance under GS 115D-6.5 (requiring boards of trustees of the community colleges to comply with applicable State laws, rules, and sound fiscal and management practices).

Amends GS 115C-81.45 by adding George Washington’s Farewell Address to the documents high school students must read as part of the course satisfying the Founding Principles of the US and the State of NC course requirements.

Education, Higher Education, Government, State Agencies, Community Colleges System Office, UNC System
GS 115C, GS 115D, GS 116