NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 965

HOUSE BILL 1248

AN ACT TO MODIFY PUBLIC SCHOOL RESIDENCE REQUIREMENTS AS ENACTED BY CHAPTER 567, SESSION LAWS OF 1981, FOR A PERSON WHO RESIDES IN A PLACE THAT IS NOT HIS DOMICILE EITHER BECAUSE HIS PARENT OR GUARDIAN IS A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY STUDENT, EMPLOYEE OR FACULTY MEMBER.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. Chapter 115C of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:

"§ 115C-366.2. Applicability to certain persons. - For the purposes of G.S. 115C-366 and G.S. 115C-366.1 for any person who is a resident of a place which is not the person's place of domicile, either because: (i) of the residence of a parent or guardian who is a student, employee or faculty member, of a college or university, or a visiting scholar at the National Humanities Center; or (ii) the child is placed in or assigned to a group home, foster home, or other similar facility or institution, other than a child covered by G.S. 115C-140.1(a) those sections shall be applied by substituting the word 'residing' for the word 'domiciled', by substituting the word 'residence' for the word 'domicile', and by substituting the word 'residents' for the word 'domiciliaries'."

Sec. 2. This act shall not be construed to affect the ability of any person to acquire a new domicile.

Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 10th day of July, 1981.