A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide for the waiver of community college tuition and registration fees for law enforcement entities serving nonprofit health care facilities and to appropriate funds to implement the requirements of this act.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 115D‑5(b)(2) is amended by adding a new sub-subdivision to read:
"(b)	In order to make instruction as accessible as possible to all citizens, the teaching of curricular courses and of noncurricular extension courses at convenient locations away from institution campuses as well as on campuses is authorized and shall be encouraged. A pro rata portion of the established regular tuition rate charged a full‑time student shall be charged a part‑time student taking any curriculum course. In lieu of any tuition charge, the State Board of Community Colleges shall establish a uniform registration fee, or a schedule of uniform registration fees, to be charged students enrolling in extension courses for which instruction is financed primarily from State funds. The State Board of Community Colleges may provide by general and uniform regulations for waiver of tuition and registration fees for the following:
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(2)	Courses requested by the following entities that support the organizations' training needs and are on a specialized course list approved by the State Board of Community Colleges:
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f1.	Nonprofit law enforcement entities serving nonprofit agencies operating and maintaining health care facilities in accordance with G.S. 131A‑8.
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SECTION 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Community Colleges System Office a sum of thirty‑five thousand dollars ($35,000) for the 2014‑2015 fiscal year in recurring funds to implement the requirements of this act.
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2014, and applies to the waiver of tuition and registration fees on or after that date.