Final Report 

 December 3| , | 978 



DEVELOPING ACCESS TO SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND TECHNOLOGY 

 RESOORCES FOR THE GENERAL ASSBHBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA 

 (Proposal/Grant No. SP78-02509) 



First Quarter SanaarY 



As discussed in the First Interim Report filed June 30, 1 978, 

 during the first three months of its operation, the North 

 Carolina General Assembly's State Science, Engineering, and 

 Technology (SSET) Program centered its attention on three areas. 

 These areas, which are specified by the time schedule table in 

 the grant application, are: examination and identification of 

 science/engineering/technology issues encountered by past 

 sessions of the General Assembly, projections of future 

 science/engineering/technology issues, and an inventory of 

 science/engineering/technology resources available to the State 

 of North Carolina. In the search for past 

 science/engineering/technology issues, bills from the three most 

 recent biennial sessions of the General Assembly were examined. 

 A table showing the results of the bill examination and various 

 statistical comparisons is attached to this report (Table |). To 

 accomplish the projection of future 

 science/engineering/technology issues, an interview form was 

 mailed to 39 selected leaders or science oriented members of the 

 General Assembly. A table outlining the issue projections 

 received is also attached to this report (Table 2) . The 

 inventory of science/engineering/technology resources available 

 to the State of North Carolina was started in the first guarter 

 of the project and it was completed in the second guarter. An 



