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
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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 |