GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

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HOUSE BILL 921

Short Title:  UNC Tuition Changes.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Rhodes, Wood; Bowie, Bowman, Brawley, Brown, Buchanan, Creech, Dickson, Dockham, Fitch, Fletcher, Gardner, Grady, Grimmer, Hege, Howard, Sam Hunt, H. Hunter, Jones, Justus, Kahl, Kerr, Kimsey, Ligon, Luebke, Mercer, Privette, Rhyne, Russell, Stewart, Thompson, and Wilson.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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April 19, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PHASE IN THE REQUIREMENT THAT NONRESIDENTS AT THE CONSTITUENT INSTITUTIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PAY THE FULL COST OF THEIR EDUCATION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 116-144 reads as rewritten:
"§ 116-144.  Higher tuition to be charged nonresidents.
The Board of Governors shall fix the tuition and required fees charged nonresidents of North Carolina who attend the institutions enumerated in G.S. 116-4 at rates higher than the rates charged residents of North Carolina, except that a person who serves as a graduate teaching assistant or graduate research assistant or in a similar instructional or research assignment and is at the same time enrolled as a graduate student in the same institution may, in the discretion of the Board of Governors, be charged a lower rate fixed by the Board, provided the rate is not lower than the North Carolina resident rate."
Sec. 2.  The Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina shall set tuition rates at each of the constituent universities as follows:
For academic year 1991-92 and thereafter;
For nonresidents other than those exempted from being charged higher tuition rates than residents by G.S. 116-144, rates equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the total cost of their education.
Sec. 3.  The tuition increases required by Section 2 of this act shall be considered permanent.
Sec. 4. This act becomes effective July 1, 1991.