NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 228

SENATE BILL 294

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 127A, ARTICLE 15 RELATING TO THE NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL GUARD TUITION ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1975.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 127A-192 as the same appears in the 1975 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 3B of the General Statutes is hereby amended by adding a new paragraph following paragraph "(d)" to read as follows:

"(e)       'Academic Year'. Any period of 365 days beginning with the first day of enrollment for a course of instruction."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 127A-193 as the same appears in the 1975 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 3B of the General Statutes is hereby amended in lines 6 and 7 by deleting after the words "academic years" the words "or until the course of study being pursued has been completed, whichever comes first".

Sec. 3.  G.S. 127A-194(a) as the same appears in the 1975 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 3B of the General Statutes is hereby amended in line 2 by deleting after the word "guard" and before the words "who are enrolled" the words "who have completed a minimum of one year of satisfactory service and".

Sec. 4.  G.S. 127A-194(b) as the same appears in the 1975 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 3B of the General Statutes is hereby amended by adding a new subdivision following the last subdivision to read as follows: "(5) Students seeking to achieve a graduate degree".

Sec. 5.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 18th day of April, 1977.