Bill Text: NC H709 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: NCNG Tuition Assistance Benefit Amendment
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 28-3)
Status: (Passed) 2015-10-30 - Ch. SL 2015-298 [H709 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2015-H709-Enrolled.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2015
HOUSE BILL 709
RATIFIED BILL
AN ACT to allow members of the north carolina national guard who are enrolled in a program granting a graduate certificate to be eligible for the north carolina NATIONAL GUARD tuition assistance benefit.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 116‑209.54(b) reads as rewritten:
"§ 116‑209.54. Eligibility.
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(b) This tuition assistance benefit shall be applicable to students in the following categories:
(1) Students seeking to achieve completion of their secondary school education at a community college or technical institute.
(2) Students seeking trade or vocational training or education.
(3) Students seeking to achieve a two‑year associate degree.
(4) Students seeking to achieve a four‑year baccalaureate degree.
(5) Students seeking to achieve a graduate degree.
(6) Students enrolled in a program granting a graduate certificate."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 21st day of September, 2015.
s/ Tom Apodaca
Presiding Officer of the Senate
s/ Paul Stam
Presiding Officer of the House of Representatives
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Pat McCrory
Governor
Approved __________.m. this ______________ day of ___________________, 2015