GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2011

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HOUSE BILL 515

 

 

Short Title:        Comm. Coll. Tuition for Members of Military.

(Public)

Sponsors:

Representatives Boles and Floyd (Primary Sponsors).

For a complete list of Sponsors, see Bill Information on the NCGA Web Site.

Referred to:

Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs, if favorable, Education.

March 30, 2011

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to permit community colleges to include the costs of textbooks in the tuition charged for members of the armed services.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 115D-39 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:

"(d)      Community colleges may add the cost of textbooks to the tuition rates established pursuant to subsection (a) of this section for all purposes associated with billing the armed services for the enrollment of members of the armed services, as defined in G.S. 116-143.3. The college may retain the funds attributable to the cost of the textbooks."

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