A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT providing that children of wartime veterans receiving a class i‑a, i‑b, or IV scholarship may use those funds to cover the cost of short‑term workforce training courses leading to industry credentials.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.(a)  G.S. 143B‑1225(a)(1) reads as rewritten:
"(1)	With respect to State educational institutions, unless expressly limited elsewhere in this Part, a scholarship shall consist of:
a.	Tuition at the State educational institution.
b.	A standard board allowance.
c.	A standard room allowance.
d.	Matriculation and other institutional fees required to be paid as a condition to remaining in the institution and pursuing the course of study selected.
e.	For Class I‑A, I‑B, and IV scholarships, as defined by G.S. 143B‑1226(b), the cost of short‑term workforce training courses leading to industry credentials."
SECTION 1.(b)  G.S. 143B‑1226(b)(2) reads as rewritten:
"(2)	Class I‑B: Under this class a limited scholarship providing only those benefits set forth in G.S. 143B‑1225(a)(1)a., d., and e., and G.S. 143B‑1225(a)(2) shall be awarded to any child whose veteran parent, at the time the benefits pursuant to this Part are sought to be availed of, is or was at the time of his death receiving compensation for a wartime service‑connected disability of one hundred percent (100%) as rated by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Provided, that if the veteran parent of a recipient under this class should die of his wartime service‑connected condition before the recipient shall have utilized all of his scholarship eligibility time, then the North Carolina Department of Military and Veterans Affairs shall amend the recipient's award from Class I‑B to Class I‑A for the remainder of the recipient's eligibility time. The effective date of such an amended award shall be determined by the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs but, in no event shall it predate the date of the veteran parent's death."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to scholarships awarded beginning with the 2019‑2020 academic year.