GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2005
SESSION LAW 2005-193
SENATE BILL 566
AN ACT to amend the law to facilitate the implementation of the learn and earn program.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 115D-5(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b) In order to make
instruction as accessible as possible to all citizens, the teaching of
curricular courses and of noncurricular extension courses at convenient
locations away from institution campuses as well as on campuses is authorized
and shall be encouraged. A pro rata portion of the established regular tuition
rate charged a full-time student shall be charged a part-time student taking
any curriculum course. In lieu of any tuition charge, the State Board of
Community Colleges shall establish a uniform registration fee, or a schedule of
uniform registration fees, to be charged students enrolling in extension
courses for which instruction is financed primarily from State funds; provided,
however, that the State Board of Community Colleges may provide by general and
uniform regulations for waiver of tuition and registration fees for persons not
enrolled in elementary or secondary schools taking courses leading to a high
school diploma or equivalent certificate, for training courses for volunteer
firemen, local fire department personnel, volunteer rescue and lifesaving
department personnel, local rescue and lifesaving department personnel, Radio
Emergency Associated Citizens Team (REACT) members when the REACT team is under
contract to a county as an emergency response agency, local law-enforcement
officers, patients in State alcoholic rehabilitation centers, all full-time
custodial employees of the Department of Correction, employees of the
Department's Division of Community Corrections and employees of the Department
of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention required to be certified under
Chapter 17C of the General Statutes and the rules of the Criminal Justice and
Training Standards Commission, trainees enrolled in courses conducted under the
New and Expanding Industry Program, clients of sheltered workshops, clients of
adult developmental activity programs, students in Health and Human Services
Development Programs, juveniles of any age committed to the Department of Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency Prevention by a court of competent jurisdiction, prison
inmates, and members of the North Carolina State Defense Militia as defined in
G.S. 127A-5 and as administered under Article 5 of Chapter 127A of the
General Statutes. Provided further, tuition shall be waived for senior citizens
attending institutions operating under this Chapter as set forth in Chapter
115B of the General Statutes, Tuition Waiver for Senior Citizens. Provided
further, tuition shall also be waived for all courses taken by high school
students at community colleges colleges, including students in early
college and middle college high school programs, in accordance with
G.S. 115D-20(4) and this section."
SECTION 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 2005.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 7th day of July, 2005.
s/ Beverly E. Perdue
President of the Senate
s/ James B. Black
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Michael F. Easley
Governor
Approved 12:49 p.m. this 15th day of July, 2005