GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

S	1 

SENATE BILL 19

Short Title:  UNC Tuition/Scholarship/Military.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Rand; Albertson, Ballance, Carrington, Carter, Clodfelter, Cooper, Dannelly, Forrester, Garrou, Garwood, Gulley, Hagan, Harris, Hartsell, Hoyle, Kerr, Kinnaird, Lee, Martin of Guilford, Metcalf, Miller, Perdue, Plyler, Purcell, Reeves, Robinson, Shaw of Guilford, Soles, Warren, and Weinstein.

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Referred to:  Education/Higher Education.

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February 2, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT A SCHOLARSHIP STUDENT WHO ATTENDS A CONSTITUENT INSTITUTION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SHALL BE TREATED AS A NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT FOR ALL PURPOSES AND TO PROVIDE THAT A MEMBER OF THE MILITARY WHO ATTENDS A CONSTITUENT INSTITUTION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA OR A COMMUNITY COLLEGE SHALL ONLY BE CHARGED THE IN-STATE TUITION RATE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Part 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 116 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 116-25.1. Full scholarship grant students.
(a)	Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any nonresident person who receives a full scholarship to a constituent institution and who attends the institution shall be considered and treated for all purposes as a resident of North Carolina.
(b)	The following definitions apply in this section:
(1)	'Full scholarship' means a grant that meets a student's full cost of attendance for an academic year.
(2)	'Cost of attendance' means an amount calculated by an institutional financial aid office using federal regulations that includes the total cost of in-State tuition and fees, books and supplies, and other necessary expenses related to attendance at the institution of higher education."
Section 2.  G.S. 116-143.3(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Any member of the armed services qualifying for admission to an institution of higher education as defined in G.S. 116-143.1(a)(3) but not qualifying as a resident for tuition purposes under G.S. 116-143.1 shall be eligible to be charged the in-State tuition rate."
Section 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1999.