Appropriates $1,408,632 in additional recurring funds and $25,928 in nonrecurring funds for 2019-20 and $3,389,820 in additional recurring funds and $795,376 in nonrecurring funds for 2020-21 from the General Fund to the UNC Board of Governors to be allocated to the NC School of Science and Mathematics second campus in Morganton to be used for personnel, supplies, and equipment for the opening of the fall 2021 semester and for the first freshman class to enroll for the 2022-23 school year.

Appropriates $1 million in recurring funds for 2019-20 from the General Fund to the UNC Board of Governors to be allocated to NC A&T University to support research faculty and graduate students in doctoral programs in STEM fields and for associated research grants. 

Appropriates $1,447,000 for 2019-20 and $2,592,000 for 2020-21 in additional recurring funds from the General Fund to the UNC Board of Governors to be allocated to East Carolina University to expand rural residency programs in eastern North Carolina.

Appropriates $300,000 in recurring funds for 2019-20 from the General Fund to the UNC Board of Governors to be allocated to Fayetteville State University to house a Veterans Law Center to provide legal and behavioral health services to veterans in the Fayetteville area. 

Appropriates $300,000 in recurring funds for 2019-20 from the General Fund to the UNC Board of Governors to establish the Veterans Career Advancement Program as a pilot program to help student veterans transition from postsecondary education to the workplace. Funds are to be used to support one FTE position for a program director. 

Appropriates $1.1 million for 2019-20 and $2.10 million for 2020-21 in additional recurring funds from the General Fund to the UNC Board of Governors to be allocated to UNC Pembroke for operational expenses of the College of Health Sciences.

Effective July 1, 2019.