Bill Text: NC S463 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Increase Access to Education

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-26 - Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate [S463 Detail]

Download: North_Carolina-2015-S463-Amended.html

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2015

S                                                                                                                                                     1

SENATE BILL 463

 

 

Short Title:        Increase Access to Education.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Senators Hartsell (Primary Sponsor);  Bryant, Robinson, and Van Duyn.
Referred to:	Rules and Operations of the Senate.

March 26, 2015

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT providing for increased access to higher education.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 116‑143.1 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:

"(n)       Notwithstanding other provisions of this section, an individual who (i) has attended school in North Carolina for at least three consecutive years immediately prior to graduation and (ii) has received a high school diploma from a school within North Carolina or has obtained a general education diploma (GED) issued in North Carolina shall be accorded resident tuition status."

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