GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

EXTRA SESSION 1994

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SENATE BILL 149

Short Title:  Tuition Incentive/Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Odom; Plexico, Blackmon, Lee, Folger, and Marshall.
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Referred to:  Juveniles/Prevention.
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February 15, 1994

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE A TUITION INCENTIVE FOR NORTH CAROLINA STUDENTS ENROLLED IN IN-STATE AND OUT-OF-STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND PROPRIETARY SCHOOLS AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS, IN ORDER TO EFFECT LONG-TERM CRIME PREVENTION BY AIDING PEOPLE TO BE PROPERLY TRAINED AND GAINFULLY EMPLOYED.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Article 23 of Chapter 116 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§116-209.30.  Additional tuition incentive.
In addition to all other incentives provided, the State Education Assistance Authority shall provide a thousand dollar ($1,000) tuition incentive credit for each North Carolina high school graduate who enrolls in and successfully completes at least one quarter or semester in any in-State or out-of-State institution of higher education as defined in G.S. 116-143.1 and G.S. 116-15, or proprietary school as defined in G.S. 116-15, and who has not been (i) adjudicated delinquent for an offense that would have been a felony or misdemeanor offense if committed by an adult, (ii) convicted of a felony or misdemeanor, or (iii) has produced a pregnancy.  No student shall receive more that one tuition incentive credit pursuant to this section regardless of the number of times the student enrolls in an institution of higher education or proprietary school."
Sec. 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina the sum of thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) for the 1994-95 fiscal year for the State Education Assistance Authority to implement this act.
Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1994, and applies to credits for enrollments beginning with the 1994-95 academic year, or fall 1994 quarter, whichever is appropriate.