GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

S	3 

SENATE BILL 383
Second Edition Engrossed 3/22/89
Third Edition Engrossed 7/28/89

Short Title:  Scholarships-Veterans' Children.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Raynor; Allran, Ballance, Barker, Basnight, Block, Bryan, Carpenter, Daniel, Ezzell, Guy, Hardin, Harris, Hunt of Durham, Hunt of Moore, Johnson of Cabarrus, Johnson of Wake, Kaplan, Kincaid, Martin of Guilford, Marvin, Murphy, Odom, Parnell, Plyler, Richardson, Sands, Sherron, Simpson, Smith, Soles, Speed, Staton, Swain, Taft, Tally, Ward, and Winner.
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Referred to:  Veteran Affairs, Law Enforcement, and Senior Citizens.
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March 9, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO BROADEN COVERAGE UNDER THE STATE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN OF WAR VETERANS AND ESTABLISH ENTITLEMENT TERMINATION DATES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 165-20(4)d. reads as rewritten:
"d. Vietnam era, meaning the period beginning on August 5, 1964, and ending on May 7, 1975."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 165-21 reads as rewritten:
"§ 165-21. Scholarship.
A scholarship granted pursuant to this Article shall consist of the following benefits in either a State or private educational institution:
(1)	With respect to State educational institutions, unless expressly limited elsewhere in this Article, a scholarship shall consist of:
a.	Tuition,
b.	A reasonable board allowance,
c.	A reasonable room allowance,
d.	Matriculation and other institutional fees required to be paid as a condition to remaining in said institution and pursuing the course of study selected, excluding charges or fees for books, supplies, tools and clothing.
(2)	With respect to private educational institutions, a scholarship shall consist of a monetary allowance as prescribed in G.S. 165-22.1(d).
(3)	Only one scholarship may be granted pursuant to this Article with respect to each child and it shall not extend for a longer period than four academic years, which years, however, need not be consecutive.
(4)	No educational assistance shall be afforded a child under this Article after the end of a 10-year period beginning on the date the scholarship is first awarded.  Those persons who have been granted a scholarship under this Article prior to the effective date of this act shall be entitled to the remainder of their period of scholarship eligibility if used prior to August 1, 1999.  Whenever a child is enrolled in an educational institution and the period of entitlement ends while enrolled in a term, quarter or semester, such period shall be extended to the end of such term, quarter or semester, but not beyond the entitlement limitation of four academic years."
Sec. 3. G.S. 165-22(3) reads as rewritten:
"(3)	Class II: Under this class a scholarship may be awarded to not more than 100 children yearly, each of whose veteran parent, at the time the benefits pursuant to this Article are sought to be availed of:
a.	Is or was at the time of his death receiving compensation for a wartime service-connected disability of twenty percent (20%) or more, but less than one hundred percent (100%), as rated by the United States Veterans Administration, or
b.	Is or was at the time of his death receiving wartime compensation for a statutory award for arrested pulmonary tuberculosis, as rated by the United States Veterans Administration
	."
Sec. 4.  G.S. 165-22(4) reads as rewritten:
"(4)	Class III: Under this class a scholarship may be awarded to not more than 100 children yearly, each of whose veteran parent, at the time the benefits pursuant to this Article are sought to be availed of: 
a.	Is or was at the time of his death drawing pension for permanent and total disability, nonservice-connected, as rated by the United States Veterans Administration, or
b.	Is deceased and who does not fall within the provisions of any other eligibility class described in G.S. 165-22(1),(2),(3),(4)a., nor (5) provided such child is less than 23 years of age at the time of application for such scholarship."
Sec. 5.  This act is effective upon ratification.