2011 Legislative Contacts -

2011 Bills of Interest to Community Colleges 

2011 Legislative Calendar

NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
2011 SESSION 1st Edition 01/27/2011
SENATE STANDING COMMITTEES
From the Office of the Senate Principal Clerk
(919) 733-7761

Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources
Co-Chairman Senator East
Co-Chairman Senator Rouzer
Vice Chairman Senator Jackson
Members Senators Atwater, Bingham, Brock, Brown, Daniel, Hartsell, Jenkins, Kinnaird, Preston, Tillman, Tucker, Walters, White

Appropriations on Department of Transportation
Co-Chairman Senator Forrester
Co-Chairman Senator Harrington
Vice Chairman Senator Rabon
Members Senators Gunn, Jenkins, Vaughan
Appropriations on Education/Higher Education
Co-Chairman Senator Apodaca
Co-Chairman Senator Preston
Co-Chairman Senator Tillman
Members Senators Dannelly, Garrou, Rucho, Soucek

Appropriations on General Government and Information Technology
Co-Chairman Senator Brock
Co-Chairman Senator Davis
Members Senators Blue, Graham, Gunn

Appropriations on Health and Human Services
Co-Chairman Senator Bingham
Co-Chairman Senator Blake
Co-Chairman Senator Pate
Vice Chairman Senator Tucker
Members Senators Allran, D.Berger, Hartsell, Mansfield, Purcell, Rabon

Appropriations on Justice and Public Safety
Co-Chairman Senator Brown
Co-Chairman Senator Goolsby
Vice Chairman Senator Jones
Vice Chairman Senator Soucek
Members Senators Clodfelter, East, Newton

Appropriations on Natural and Economic Resources
Co-Chairman Senator East
Co-Chairman Senator Rouzer
Vice Chairman Senator Jackson
Members Senators Atwater, Daniel, Kinnaird, Tucker, Walters

Appropriations/Base Budget
Co-Chairman Senator Brunstetter
Co-Chairman Senator Hunt
Co-Chairman Senator Stevens
Vice Chairman Senator Apodaca
Vice Chairman Senator Garrou
Members Senators Blake, Blue, Brock, Brown, Dannelly, East, Graham, Harrington, Hartsell, Jackson, Jones, Nesbitt, Pate, Rucho, Tucker, Walters

Commerce
Chairman Senator Brown
Vice Chairman Senator Apodaca
Vice Chairman Senator Gunn
Vice Chairman Senator Meredith
Members Senators D. Berger, Blake, Blue, Brunstetter, Clary, Clodfelter, Davis, Garrou, Goolsby, Graham, Hise, Hunt, Jackson, McKissick, Nesbitt, Newton, Robinson, Rucho, Soucek, Stein, Stevens, Vaughan, White

Education/Higher Education
Co-Chairman Senator Preston
Co-Chairman Senator Soucek
Co-Chairman Senator Tillman
Vice Chairman Senator Apodaca
Members Senators Allran, Atwater, Brown, Dannelly, Daniel, Forrester, Garrou, Goolsby, Graham, Gunn, McKissick, Newton, Purcell, Robinson, Rucho, Stein, Stevens, White

Finance
Co-Chairman Senator Hartsell
Co-Chairman Senator Rucho
Vice Chairman Senator Apodaca
Vice Chairman Senator Harrington
Vice Chairman Senator Rabon
Members Senators Blake, Brock, Brown, Brunstetter, Clary, Clodfelter, Dannelly, Daniel, Forrester, Garrou, Goolsby, Hunt, Jenkins, Kinnaird, McKissick, Meredith, Nesbitt, Newton, Purcell, Rouzer, Stein, Stevens, Tillman, Walters, White

Health Care
Co-Chairman Senator Bingham
Co-Chairman Senator Blake
Co-Chairman Senator Pate
Vice Chairman Senator Forrester
Members Senators Allran, Atwater, D. Berger, Clary, Kinnaird, Mansfield, Meredith, Purcell, Rabon, Robinson, Rouzer, Rucho, Tucker

Insurance ----
Co-Chairman Senator Apodaca
Co-Chairman Senator Meredith
Vice Chairman Senator Gunn
Vice Chairman Senator Hise
Members Senators Atwater, D. Berger, Clary, Davis, East, Garrou, Jackson, Newton, Rouzer, Rucho, Vaughan, Walters, White

Judiciary I
Chairman Senator Brunstetter
Vice Chairman Senator Goolsby
Members Senators Apodaca, Brock, Brown, Clodfelter, Harrington, Jenkins, Mansfield, Nesbitt, Pate, Rouzer, Rucho, Soucek, Stevens, Tillman, Walters

Judiciary II
Co-Chairman Senator Allran
Co-Chairman Senator Daniel
Co-Chairman Senator Newton
Members Senators D. Berger, Bingham, Blue, Clary, Davis, East, Forrester, Hartsell, Jones, Stein, Tucker, Vaughan

Mental Health & Youth Services
Chairman Senator Hartsell
Vice Chairman Senator Allran
Vice Chairman Senator Tucker
Members Senators Bingham, Davis, Daniel, Forrester, Jackson, Jones, Kinnaird, Nesbitt, Purcell, Robinson

Pensions & Retirement and Aging
Co-Chairman Senator Apodaca
Co-Chairman Senator Hise
Vice Chairman Senator Meredith
Members Senators Atwater, Brock, Dannelly, Davis, Garrou, Harrington, Jenkins, Pate, Preston, Rucho, Stevens, Walters

Redistricting ----
Chairman Senator Rucho
Vice Chairman Senator Brock
Vice Chairman Senator Brown
Members Senators Apodaca, Brunstetter, Clary, Dannelly, Forrester, Hise, Hunt, Jones, McKissick, Nesbitt, Rabon, Walters

Rules and Operations of the Senate
Chairman Senator Apodaca
Vice Chairman Senator Brunstetter
Vice Chairman Senator Jackson
Members Senators Blue, Brock, Brown, Garrou, Harrington, Hartsell, Kinnaird, Mansfield, Meredith, Nesbitt, Newton, Preston, Stein

State and Local Government
Co-Chairman Senator Davis
Co-Chairman Senator Walters
Members Senators Bingham, Blake, East, Goolsby, Hartsell, Harrington, Jackson, Jones, Kinnaird, Nesbitt, Pate, Robinson, Stevens, Tucker, White

Transportation
Co-Chairman Senator Forrester
Co-Chairman Senator Rabon
Vice Chairman Senator Harrington
Members Senators Daniel, East, Graham, Hise, Hunt, Jackson, Jenkins, McKissick, Robinson, Soucek, Stevens, Tillman, Vaughan

Ways & Means
Chairman Senator Apodaca
Vice Chairman Senator Brock
Members Senators Dannelly, Forrester, Clodfelter


Curriculum Demonstrations 2011

We are updating and revising the curriculum demonstration materials. Curriculum demos during the legislative session spotlight the best and most effective programs and help legislators appreciate the depth and breadth of our initiatives and programs. Below are highlights of past curriculum demonstrations to spark ideas for your own college's demo. Start planning today!

 

Demos from past sessions

Gaston College Textile Technology Center and Catawba Valley CC
Textiles

James Sprunt CC
Electrical/Electronics and Viticulture and Enology

Piedmont CC
Film and Video Production

Southeastern CC
Agricultural Biotechnology-Micropropagation, Environmental Science Technology-Invasive Species, From Chemistry to Biodiesel

Pamlico CC
Medical Assisting and Electroneurodiagnostic Technology

Pitt CC
General display on our Health Sciences with emphasis on Nuclear Medicine and the Positron Emission Tomography program which is, to our knowledge, the only one in the country
Respiratory Therapy (faculty and students demonstrated small equipment)
Nursing (students will take blood pressures)
Bioprocessing Center (Center Director showed small equipment and provide brochures; Pitt CC hosted one of six NC centers originally funded by Golden Leaf grants)
University Transfer with emphasis on advising students for successful transfer to universities (the Department Chair of University Transfer and one of our counselors provided information)
Basic Law Enforcement Training (faculty and students answered questions)

Bladen CC
Seamless education, high school to CC, Industrial Systems Technology, Biotech, perhaps Programmable Logic Controller. The theme was seamless education. Ninth- through twelfth-grade high school students, first- and second-year college students and a seamless education avenue that shows and allows students to travel down several paths, to include four-year colleges, maintenance employment, bio-tech employment, and PLC employment.
Lenoir CC
Machining and Computer Engineering

Forsyth Tech CC
Nanotechnology. Students opearated an atomic-force microscope.

Forsyth Tech CC
Mechanical Engineering Technology
The instructor and two students showcased the latest manufacturing design hardware and software using a computer workstation and a three-dimensional rapid prototyping printer. They demonstrated how a designer can take a design idea from concept through the actual production of a prototyped part. They also used an LCD portable projector to display the work as it was being created.
Surry CC
Viticulture and Enology, and Community Spanish Interpreter
Catawba Valley CC
Polysomnography Technology (sleep studies)

Central Piedmont CC
Transport Systems Division, including Auto Body, Automotive and Heavy Equipment.

Wake Tech CC
Simulation and Game Development