Publications

After a number of lean years in a row, officials of the University of North Carolina (UNC) and the state’s community college system rejoiced in 2006 over happier fiscal news. Appropriations by the General Assembly raised the university’s budget by almost 12 percent and the community college system’s budget by more than 15 percent. In other actions, the legislature made the North Carolina...

Single-sex education is receiving renewed attention around the country. According to the National Association for Single Sex Public Education, at least 253 public schools in America offer some form of single-sex education.1 While the majority of these programs are single-sex classes within coed schools, 51 are single-sex schools.2 These numbers are likely to grow in light of substantial...

During the 2005 legislative session, the North Carolina General Assembly enacted more than sixty bill and budget special provisions affecting public health, government health insurance, health care facilities, and the health care professions.This Bulletin summarizes significant 2005 legislation affecting North Carolina's public health system. it concludes with a summary of funding provided for...

Discusses the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Jones v. Flowers, a case involving the constitutionality of the Arkansas tax foreclosure statute. The Court found that when notice of a tax sale is returned unclaimed, the state has an obligation to take additional reasonable steps to notify the property owner of the sale. The bulletin addresses the impact of the Jones case on North Carolina's tax...