June 9, 2000

North Carolina to Vote on College Bond Issue

By JEFFREY SELINGO

North Carolina voters will decide in November whether the state should borrow $3.1-billion for construction and renovation projects at the University of North Carolina system and the state's community colleges.

The General Assembly unanimously agreed in May to hold a statewide vote on the bond issue, the largest in North Carolina's history. Such a vote was the sticking point to a bond plan last year in the legislature. It failed after the lawmakers adjourned

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