Authority: Title 23, Chapter 13.1, Code of Virginia.

A.1. Out of this appropriation, $3,080,823 and 75 positions the first year and $4,397,750 and 75 positions the second year from the general fund is designated to initiate new Bachelor of Science academic programs in Electronics Engineering and Optical Engineering and new Master of Science academic programs in Electronics Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, and Criminal Justice.

2. Out of the amounts for programs listed in paragraph A 1 above, shall be provided $273,486 the first year and $273,486 the second year from the general fund for lease payments through the Master Equipment Leasing Program for educational and general equipment.

3. Out of the amounts for Educational and General Programs, $37,500 is provided to Serve in Lieu of Endowment Income for the Eminent Scholars Program.

4. In conjunction with the Secretary of Education, Norfolk State University shall develop the following:

a. a timetable for implementing the new academic programs funded in A 1 above, including a plan for recruiting faculty, staff, and students;

b. a means by which to assess the effectiveness toward meeting the goals of the new programs; and

c. periodic reports on the expenditures of the funds provided.

B.1. Out of the amounts for Educational and General Programs, a maximum of $70,000 the first year and $70,000 the second year from the general fund for the Dozoretz National Institute for Minorities in Applied Sciences. No allotment of these funds shall be made until Norfolk State University has certified to the Secretary of Education that funds, in cash, are available to match all or any part of the amount herein made available from the general fund.

2. Any unexpended balances in paragraphs A 1, A 2, A 3 and B 1 in this item at the close of business on June 30, 2003, shall not revert to the surplus of the general fund but shall be carried forward on the books of the State Comptroller and reappropriated in the second year.

C. Included in Item 296, paragraph C 3 of this act is $1,540,718 from the general fund and $41,676 in nongeneral funds the first year and $1,281,429 from the general fund and $41,676 in nongeneral funds the second year to support debt service on bonds issued by the Virginia College Building Authority to finance equipment.

D. Out of this appropriation, $94,222 the first year and $94,222 the second year from the general fund is designated to assist the University in improving graduation and retention rates.

E. Out of this appropriation, $78,200 the first year and $78,200 the second year from the general fund is designated to maintain an enrollment management plan.

F. This appropriation authorizes Norfolk State University to charge students a technology service fee in conformity with § 4-2.01 c of this act. This appropriation includes $213,780 the first year and $213,780 the second year from nongeneral funds. The fee charged resident undergraduate students each year shall not exceed one percent of the total of resident undergraduate tuition and required fees charged in FY 1998. The fee charged nonresident undergraduate students shall not exceed three percent of the total of nonresident undergraduate tuition and required fees charged in FY 1998. The fee charged graduate and professional students shall not exceed three percent of the total of graduate and professional tuition and required fees charged in FY 1998.

G. Out of this appropriation, $47,756 the first year and $47,756 the second year from the general fund is designated for the costs to lease and equip space for activities related to technology transfer, research, and graduate work, subject to paragraph H of this Item.

H. It is the intent of the Governor and the General Assembly that direct general fund support of special purpose research and public service centers and projects in higher education not be continued indefinitely and that institutions of higher education secure nongeneral fund support of such activities. General fund reductions of $36,000 the first year and $36,000 the second year from research and public service activities shown below reflect the expectation that additional private and other nongeneral funds be solicited to augment nongeneral fund support: