GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2007

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HOUSE BILL 1269

Short Title:     Repeal Science/Math School Tuition Provision.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representatives Luebke, Stam (Primary Sponsors);  Allred, Almond, Avila, Blackwood, Blust, Cleveland, Coleman, Current, Dollar, Fisher, Gulley, Hall, T. Harrell, J. Harrell, Harrison, Hurley, Insko, Justice, Langdon, Lewis, McElraft, McGee, Neumann, Parmon, Pate, Starnes, Tarleton, Tillis, Tolson, Walend, Weiss, Wiley, and Wilkins.
Referred to:	Education, if favorable, Appropriations.

April 2, 2007

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to repeal a budget special provision giving a full tuition grant to graduates of the north carolina school of science and mathematics, effective with persons entering that school after the 2007‑2008 ACADEMIC year.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 116‑238.1(a) reads as rewritten:

"(a)      There is granted to each State resident who graduates from the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics and who enrolls as a full‑time student in a constituent institution of The University of North Carolina a sum to be determined by the General Assembly as a tuition grant. The tuition grant shall be for four consecutive academic years and shall cover the tuition cost at the constituent institution in which the student is enrolled. The tuition grant shall be distributed to the student as provided by this section. The grant provided by this section is only available to persons enrolled at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics for the 2007‑2008 academic year or earlier."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.