AN ACT to reenact and clarify the statute authorizing intellectually gifted students under the age of sixteen to attend community college.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Section 4 of S.L. 2001‑312, as rewritten by Section 2 of S.L. 2005‑77, reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 4.  Section 2 of this act is effective when it becomes law, and shall apply beginning with the 2001‑2002 academic year. Section 2 of this act expires September 1, 2008, and is reenacted effective March 1, 2009. The remainder of this act is effective when it becomes law."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 26th day of May, 2009.

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		 Walter H. Dalton
	 President of the Senate

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		 Joe Hackney
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

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		 Beverly E. Perdue
	 Governor

Approved __________.m. this ______________ day of ___________________, 2009