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Budget Request” because his report incorporated this document by reference. [Appendix E]The

committee’s recommendations are contained in the 12-page document.

Mr. Wilson directed the board to turn to page two and find the third line in the

text that begins after the bullet points. In the line beginning “approval by the President,” he

asked the board to change the period to a comma and insert the words, “consistent with the

Board of Governors’ Tuition Policy.”

The committee recommended the following:

Across the board tuition increases for all students based on the increase in the
Consumer Price Index of 2.1%;
Additional increases for graduate students;
Increases associated with the reclassification of East Carolina University to a
Doctoral II institution;
Non-resident increases at UNC Asheville to reflect peer comparisons;
Requests for increases in professional and graduate programs at North Carolina State
University, UNC Chapel Hill, and UNC Wilmington;
Additional increases of $300 in each of the next two years for all students at North
Carolina State University and UNC Chapel Hill in response to the request from those
campuses;
Increases of $150 (gross) in each of the next two years for East Carolina University
and UNC Charlotte in response to the request from those campuses; and
Increases in resident tuition of $120 in 2000-2001; and $115 in 2001-2002, and
increases in non-resident tuition of $200 in 2000-2001 and $200 in 2001-2002 at
UNC Wilmington in response to the request from that campus.

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On behalf of the committee, Mr. Wilson moved that the Board of Governors

approve the 2000-2001 Supplemental Budget Request establishing tuition rates for the 2000-

2001 academic year and that it be forwarded to the Governor and the General Assembly.

Mr. Aldridge seconded the motion.

In the discussion that followed, Mr. Souza noted that in the workshop on the

preceding day there was confusion regarding whether the campus initiated tuition increases were

calculated the same across the five campuses. Mr. Souza proffered a friendly amendment to

Mr. Wilson and the Committee on Budget and Finance to ensure the consistent application of the

tuition increases across all five campuses (ECU, NCSU, UNCCH, UNCC, and UNCW),

meaning they would be exclusive of the inflationary increases the board discussed. Mr. Wilson

stated that, without objection from any member of the Budget and Finance Committee,

Mr. Souza’s comment would be accepted as a friendly amendment.