GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

S	2 

SENATE BILL 19
Education/Higher Education Committee Substitute Adopted 3/18/99

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

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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 DEEMED TO HAVE MADE FULL PAYMENT OF TUITION COSTS BY REMITTING THE IN-STATE TUITION AMOUNT AND TO PROVIDE THAT A MEMBER OF THE MILITARY ABIDING IN NORTH CAROLINA 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.  Article 14 of Chapter 116 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 116-143.5.  Full scholarship students attending constituent institutions.
(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 deemed to have made full payment of tuition costs by remitting the in-State tuition amount.
(b)	The following definitions apply in this section:
(1)	'Full scholarship' means a grant that meets the full cost for a student to attend the constituent institution for an academic year.
(2)	'Full cost' means an amount calculated by the constituent institution that is no less than the sum of in-State tuition, required fees, on-campus room and board, and required course-related books."
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 charged the in-State tuition rate while the member of the armed services is abiding in this State incident to active military duty in this State."
Section 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1999.