A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to clarify high school student enrollment in community college career and technical education courses.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 115D‑5(b)(12) reads as rewritten:
"(12)	All courses taken by high school students at community colleges, in accordance with G.S. 115D‑20(4) and this section." 
SECTION 2.  G.S. 115D‑20(4)a.2. reads as rewritten:
"2.	Academic transition pathways for qualified junior and senior high school students that lead to a career technical education certificate, diploma, or State or industry‑recognized credential and academic transition pathways for qualified freshmen and sophomore high school students that lead to a career technical education certificate or diploma in (i) industrial and engineering technologies, (ii) agriculture and natural resources, or (iii) transportation technology."
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with the 2017‑2018 academic year.