NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 845

HOUSE BILL 1087

 

 

AN ACT TO REQUIRE NONRESIDENT STUDENTS AT THE STATE'S INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO PAY TUITION THAT APPROXIMATES THE COST OF THEIR EDUCATION.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Nonresident tuition for undergraduates at five-year and doctoral- granting institutions and at the School of the Arts, the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and the University of North Carolina at Asheville. — The tuition for undergraduate college students who are nonresidents of the State and who are enrolled at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University at Raleigh, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, East Carolina University, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Western Carolina University, Appalachian State University, North Carolina Central University, the North Carolina School of the Arts, the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and the University of North Carolina at Asheville shall be $1,300 a year for the academic year beginning in or about September, 1971, and $1,800 for the academic year beginning in or about September, 1972, and all academic years thereafter. The tuition for nonresident undergraduate students who are enrolled in the School of Medicine or at the School of Dentistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill shall be $1,800 a year for the academic year beginning in or about September, 1971, and $2,300 for the academic year beginning in or about September, 1972, and all academic years thereafter. The tuition for nonresident undergraduate students in the School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill shall be $1,400 for the academic year beginning in or about September, 1971, and $1,800 for the academic year beginning in or about September, 1972, and all academic years thereafter.

Sec. 2.  Nonresident tuition for undergraduates at four-year institutions. — The tuition for undergraduate students who are nonresidents of the State and who are enrolled at Elizabeth City State University, Fayetteville State University, Pembroke State University and Winston-Salem State University shall be $1,150 a year for the academic year beginning in or about September, 1971, and $1,550 for the academic year beginning in or about September, 1972, and all academic years thereafter.

Sec. 3.  Nonresident tuition for graduate students. — The tuition for graduate students who are nonresidents of the State who are enrolled at any of the public senior institutions of higher education shall be $1,300 a year for the academic year beginning in or about September, 1971, and $1,800 for the academic year beginning in or about September, 1972, and for all academic years thereafter.

Sec. 4.  Nonresident tuition for candidates for M.D. and D.D.S. degrees and a degree in Public Health. — Notwithstanding the provisions of the foregoing sections, the tuition for nonresidents of the State who are enrolled as first-year medical students at East Carolina University and those who are enrolled as students at the School of Medicine or at the School of Dentistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and who are pursuing a course of studies designed to lead either to the M.D. degree or to the D.D.S. degree, shall be $1,800 a year for the academic year beginning in or about September, 1971, and $2,300 for the academic year beginning in or about September, 1972, and for all academic years thereafter. The tuition for nonresident students enrolled at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who are pursuing a course of studies designed to lead to a degree in Public Health shall be $1,400 for the academic year beginning in or about September, 1971, and $1,800 for the academic year beginning in or about September, 1972, and for all academic years thereafter.

Sec. 5.  Nonresident tuition for students in Community College System. — The tuition for students who are nonresidents of the State and who are enrolled in institutions in the Community College System shall be $400 a year for the academic year beginning in or about September, 1971, and $550 for the academic year beginning in or about September, 1972, and for all academic years thereafter.

Sec. 6.  The fourth paragraph of Section 116-143 of the General Statutes, as the same appears in the 1966 Replacement Volume 3A is hereby deleted and rewritten as follows: "Where an individual is participating in an interstate regional training program approved by the Southern Regional Education Board, or in the Appalachian Regional Commission program, or in the Coastal Plains Regional Commission program, or any other limiting federally-funded program, or where an individual is solicited for a special talent and is thereby awarded a scholarship, fellowship or assistantship, a special tuition rate not lower than the North Carolina resident rate may be granted in the discretion of the board of trustees of the institution. No special 1248 tuition rate may be granted to an individual serving exclusively as a faculty member on a part-time basis and who is enrolled at the same time as a part-time student; provided, however, that the Advisory Budget Commission is hereby authorized to modify this provision to alleviate justifiable budget difficulties in the affected institutions during the 1971-73 biennium."

Sec. 7.  Definition of a non-resident. — A non-resident shall be any person not qualifying for in-state tuition as hereinafter defined.

Sec. 8.  In-state residence. — To qualify for in-state tuition, a legal resident must have maintained his domicile in North Carolina for at least the twelve months next preceding the date of first enrollment or re-enrollment in an institution of higher education in this State. Student status in an institution of higher learning in this State shall not constitute eligibility for residence to qualify said student for in-state tuition.

Sec. 9.  Military status. — No person shall lose his in-state resident status by serving in the armed forces outside of the State of North Carolina.

Sec. 10.  G.S. 116-143 is hereby amended by deleting the period at the end of the first sentence of the section and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "; provided, however, that the General Assembly may from time to time prescribe the tuition or the fees, or set ranges for the tuition or the fees, or delegate the setting of tuition or fees to the Board of Higher Education or other State agency."

Sec. 11.  Budget adjustments. — It is the intent of this act that allotment of 1971-72 and 1972-73 appropriations to all affected institutions will be adjusted in the fourth quarter of each fiscal year in an amount equal to the out-of-state tuition realized in excess of the out-of-state tuition budgeted for each institution at the previously existing rates.

Sec. 12.  Effective date. — This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 13th day of July, 1971.