General assembly of north carolina

PART IX. Universities
STUDY TUITION COST FOR VETERANS

SECTION 9.1. The Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee shall study the tuition costs for veterans who enroll in the State's community colleges or in any constituent institution of The University of North Carolina. As part of the study, the Committee shall consider the current criteria for determining whether a veteran qualifies for the resident tuition rate and how those criteria affect veterans who qualify for post 9/11 GI Bill benefits, as well as other veterans. The Committee shall also consider the potential educational costs to the State of veterans who attend any of the State's public institutions of higher education at the resident tuition rate and ways to limit those costs. The Committee may consider any other issues relevant to the study.

STUDENT FINANCIAL AID/TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS

SECTION 9.2.(a) G.S. 116 209.45(b)(1) reads as rewritten:

"(b) Definitions. – The following definitions apply in this section:

(1) Eligible Institution. – Notwithstanding G.S. 116 201(b)(5) and G.S. 116 201(b)(6) and for purposes of this section only, an institution of higher education that is any of the following:

a. A postsecondary constituent institution of The University of North Carolina as defined in G.S. 116 2(4).

b. A community college as defined in G.S. 115D 2(2).

c. A nonprofit postsecondary institution as defined in G.S. 116 22(1) or G.S. 116 43.5.

d. A postsecondary institution owned or operated by a hospital authority as defined in G.S. 131E 16(14).

e. A school of nursing affiliated with a nonprofit postsecondary institution as defined in G.S. 116 22(1).

f. Another public or nonprofit postsecondary institution offering a program of study not otherwise available in North Carolina that is deemed to be eligible under rules promulgated by the Authority.

g. An eligible private postsecondary institution as defined in G.S. 116 280(3)."

SECTION 9.2.(b) Section 9.18(d) of S.L. 2011 145 reads as rewritten:

"SECTION 9.18.(d) The State Education Assistance Authority shall report no later than June 1, 2013,September 1, 2013, to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee regarding the implementation of this section. The report shall contain, for the 2012 2013 academic year, the amount of scholarship and grant money disbursed, the number of students eligible for the funds, the number of eligible students receiving the funds, and a breakdown of the eligible private postsecondary institutions that received the funds."

SECTION 9.2.(c) Section 9.18(i) of S.L. 2011 145 reads as rewritten:

"SECTION 9.18.(i) Subsections (a), (d), and (i) of this section become effective July 1, 2011. Article 34 of Chapter 116 of the General Statutes, as enacted by subsection (a) of this section, applies to the 2012 2013 academic year and each subsequent academic year, except that the rule making authority for the State Education Assistance Authority under G.S. 116 283(a) becomes effective immediately on July 1, 2011. Subsections (b), (c), (e), (f), (g), and (h) of this section become effective July 1, 2012.2012, except that the State Education Assistance Authority may continue to make payments pursuant to G.S. 116 43.5 until August 1, 2012, to students who attended certain private institutions of higher education in the 2011 2012 academic year."