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| For Release: IMMEDIATE | Contact: Public Affairs |
| Date: February 23, 2001 |
State Board of Community Colleges set to approve Higher Education Bonds distribution plan
RALEIGH: "The first rule of accountability is to keep our distribution program in balance, and this plan will do that," said State Board Finance Chairman James Woody about the Higher Education Facilities Bonds distribution plan he will present to the State Board of Community Colleges on Wednesday, February 28 at its 11:00 AM meeting in the Caswell Building.
The State Board, Association of Community College Presidents, and Association of Community College Trustees each appointed three representatives to a special committee established by the State Board at its last meeting. The committee was directed to create a plan to distribute the $600 million in bond funds to the community colleges over the next six years. The committee met and devised a distribution plan, based on revised information received from the colleges, that will fund the 424 new construction and repair and renovation projects planned.
A detailed distribution plan was necessary to avoid a potential cash flow problem. Based on the original list of requests from the campuses, a shortfall would have existed in years three through five of bond funds allocation. The committee’s goal was to develop a plan that would distribute the money more in line with available funds and thereby avoid a cash flow problem.
"We spent several weeks consulting with campuses, and in some cases we had to do a bit of negotiating to move projects more in line with funds to get this balanced plan," said Kennon Briggs, Vice President for Business and Finance for the NCCCS. "We heard from small and large colleges offering to help make this plan work."
The first round of bond sales is expected on March 7 and funds would be available mid April. If the State Board approves the plan, specific projects can be approved at the March State Board meeting in time for the distribution of funds in April.
The State Board will also receive a governance plan from Robeson Community College Trustees designed to avoid the loss of accreditation and funding for the college. After a regular accreditation review by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) last year, SACS found that the college provides quality academic services, but expressed serious concerns about the governance of the college. Recommendations were given to the RCC Board of Trustees SACS felt would solve the problems and eliminate their concerns. However, the trustees’ response resulted in the college being placed on one-year probation. The State Board directed the RCC trustees to develop a better response and present it at the next State Board meeting.
The full agenda follows.
STATE BOARD OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES
February 28, 2001
Raleigh, North Carolina
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2001
Personnel
8:00 a.m. President's Conference
Room
Finance and Capital Needs 8:30
a.m. Room 201
Policy
8:30 a.m. President’s
Conference Room
Program
Services
8:30 a.m. Room 467
Legislative
8:30 a.m. Room 301-B
Chairman’s Agenda Review 10:30
a.m. President’s Conference Room
11:00 a.m. - Call to Order
- Approval of Minutes of January 19,
2001, Meeting
- Approval of Agenda
- Approval of Consent Agenda
(Consent Agenda items are listed on the Consent Agenda
and are designated by [CA] on Full Agenda)
- NCACCT Report
- NCACCP Report
- Standing Committee Reports
Policy
Committee, Meigs C. Golden, Chair
For Future
Action
* Request for Multi-Campus Designation (Attachment Pol. 1)
* Request for Exemption of System Calendar - Johnston
Community College (Attachment Pol. 2)
For Action
* Request for Exemption from the Multi-Campus/Off-Campus
Center Requirements (Attachment Pol. 3) [CA]
* Hearing Officers Report (Attachment Pol. 4)
Program
Services Committee, R.Carolyn Harmon, Chair
For
Information
* Professional Development Activities Report (Attachment Prog.
1)
For
Future Action
* Curriculum Program Applications (Attachment Prog. 2)
* Curriculum Program Standard Revisions (Attachment Prog.3)
For Action
* Course Modification - Continuing Education Master Course
List
(Attachment Prog. 4) [CA]
* Curriculum Program Applications (Attachment Prog. 5) [CA]
* New and Expanding Industry Training Mid-Year Report
(Attachment Prog. 6) [CA]
* Instruction to Captive/Co-opted Groups (Attachment Prog.
7)[CA]
* Course Addition to Continuing Education Master Course List
(Attachment Prog.8)[CA]
For Information
* Bond Status Report (Attachment FC-1)
* Receipts Update (Attachment FC-2)
* Economic Update (Attachment FC-3)
* Enrollment Update (Attachment FC-4)
For Action
* Two Percent Transfer Report (Attachment FC-5)
* Funding for Online Technology (Attachment FC-6)
* Professional Service Agreement-Documenting Global Education
* Conference (Attachment FC-7)
* Contract - North Carolina Motorcycle Safety Education
* Program - Lenoir Community College Budget Revision
(Attachment FC-8)
* Contractual Services - Brustein & Manasevit (Attachment FC-9)
* Contractual Services - Office Assistant (Attachment FC-10)
* Contractual Services - Resource Development (Attachment FC-11)
* Report and Recommendation from the Task Force on Higher
* Education Facility Bonds (Attachment FC-12)
* Construction/Property (Attachment FC-13) [CA]
Legislative Committee, Tom King, Chair
Personnel
Committee, Sandra Hayes, Chair
- President’s
Report
- Chairman’s
Remarks/Discussion
- Date of
Next Meetings - March 15-16, 2001
CONSENT AGENDA
February 28, 2001
POLICY COMMITTEE, Meigs C. Golden
For Action
Request to Exempt the Establishment of a Regional Instructional Laboratory from the
Multi-Campus/Off Campus Center Requirement (Attachment Pol. 3) [CA]
PROGRAM COMMITTEE, R. Carolyn Harmon, Chair
For Action
Course Modification - Continuing Education Master Course List (Attachment Prog. 4) [CA]
Curriculum Program Applications (Attachment Prog. 5) [CA]
New and Expanding Industry Training Mid-Year Report (Attachment Prog. 6) [CA]
Instruction to Captive/Co-opted Groups (Attachment Prog. 7) [CA]
Course Addition - Continuing Education Master Course List (Attachment Prog. 8) [CA]
FINANCE AND CAPITAL NEEDS COMMITTEE, James J. Woody, Jr., Chair
For Action
Construction/Property (Attachment FC-13) [CA]
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