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Read. Follow. Verify.North Carolina appropriates $29 million for East Carolina University's engineering college
Last action · April 14, 2025: Ref to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (House action)Sponsors: Wyatt Gable and 3 others
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What This Bill Would Do
North Carolina allocates $25 million in and $4 million annually in for the 2025-2027 to East Carolina University's College of Engineering and Technology, effective July 1, 2025.
The funding alters campus infrastructure budgets and staffing capacities specifically for the state's engineering programs starting in July 2025.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
East Carolina University
Receives multi-million dollar nonrecurring and recurring appropriations for its College of Engineering and Technology.
Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina
Receives funds from the General Fund to allocate them to East Carolina University.
Key Facts
- Appropriates $25,000,000 in nonrecurring funds from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina for allocation to East Carolina University.
- Allocates the $25 million nonrecurring fund for building improvements and to purchase and refurbish equipment at the College of Engineering and Technology.
- Appropriates $4,000,000 in recurring funds for each year of the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium to expand positions at the College of Engineering and Technology.
- Sets the effective date of the act as July 1, 2025.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
3 actions- Apr 14, 2025HouseRef to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- Apr 14, 2025HousePassed 1st Reading
- Apr 10, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance45How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
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