AN ACT to provide access to education for individuals incarcerated in state prisons.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Section 8.3(a) of S.L. 2010‑31 reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 8.3.(a)  Funds appropriated for community college courses for prison inmates shall be used only for inmates in State prisons. The first priority for the use of these funds shall be to restore the FTE for basic skills courses to the FY 2008‑2009 level. Funds not needed for this purpose may be used for continuing education and curriculum courses related to job skills training."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2020.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 24th day of June, 2020.

	s/	 Philip E. Berger
	 President Pro Tempore of the Senate

	s/	 Tim Moore
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

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		 Roy Cooper
	 Governor

Approved __________.m. this ______________ day of ___________________, 2020