{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-116-40.12","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 116-40.12","heading":"Student organizations; rights and recognition.","body":"(a)\tNo constituent institution that grants recognition to any student organization shall deny recognition to a student organization or deny to a student organization access to programs, funding, facilities, or other privileges associated with official recognition otherwise available to another student organization, on the basis of the organization's exercise of its rights pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.\n(b)\tTo the extent allowed by State and federal law, a religious or political student organization may, in conformity with the organization's established written doctrines expressing the organization's faith or mission, (i) determine that only persons professing the faith or mission of the group, and comporting themselves in conformity with, are qualified to serve as leaders of that organization, (ii) order its internal affairs according to the established written doctrines, and (iii) resolve the organization's disputes according to the established written doctrines. (2014-28, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 116. Higher Education.","Article 1. The University of North Carolina.","Part 3. Constituent Institutions."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_116/GS_116-40.12.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:17:57Z","sha256":"0c69f62cf7f8d773d85f87c9c0f2a5a093bbca0b565133b46869aa753a99b924","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-116-40.11","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-116-40.13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}