Bill Text: NC S652 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Increase Access to Higher Education

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-05 - Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate [S652 Detail]

Download: North_Carolina-2017-S652-Amended.html

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2017

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SENATE BILL 652

 

 

Short Title:      Increase Access to Higher Education.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Senators Chaudhuri, Van Duyn (Primary Sponsors);  Smith-Ingram and Waddell.
Referred to:	Rules and Operations of the Senate

April 5, 2017

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.