A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to clarify the law regarding the use of ged testing fees by community colleges.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C‑5 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(s)	The State Board of Community Colleges may retain and budget fees charged to students taking the General Education Development (GED) test. Fees collected for this purpose shall be used only to (i) offset the cost of the GED test, including the cost of scoring the test, (ii) offset the course of printing GED certificates, and (iii) meet federal and State reporting requirements related to the test."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2008.