IN-STATE TUITION FOR CERTAIN VETS/FED PROG.

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View NCGA Bill Details2015-2016 Session
Senate Bill 478 (Public) Filed Wednesday, March 25, 2015
AN ACT TO MAKE CERTAIN VETERANS AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS ENTITLED TO FEDERAL EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS UNDER 38 U.S.C. CHAPTER 30 OR 38 U.S.C. CHAPTER 33 WHO ENROLL IN ANY OF THE STATE'S PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION ELIGIBLE FOR IN STATE TUITION BY WAIVING THE TWELVE MONTH STATE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT AND TO REPEAL THE REQUIREMENTS REGARDING THE YELLOW RIBBON PROGRAM.
Intro. by Brown, Rabon, Sanderson.
Status: Ch. SL 2015-116 (Senate Action) (Jun 24 2015)

SOG comments (1):

Long title change

Submitted by jhenders@sog.unc.edu on

Senate committee substitute changed the long title. Original long title was AN ACT TO MAKE CERTAIN VETERANS AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS ENTITLED TO FEDERAL EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS UNDER 38 U.S.C. CHAPTER 30 OR 38 U.S.C. CHAPTER 33 WHO ENROLL IN ANY OF THE STATE'S PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION ELIGIBLE FOR IN-STATE TUITION BY WAIVING THE TWELVE-MONTH STATE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT.

Bill History:

S 478/S.L. 2015-116

Bill Summaries:

  • Bill S 478 (2015-2016)
    Summary date: Jun 29 2015 - View Summary

    AN ACT TO MAKE CERTAIN VETERANS AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS ENTITLED TO FEDERAL EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS UNDER 38 U.S.C. CHAPTER 30 OR 38 U.S.C. CHAPTER 33 WHO ENROLL IN ANY OF THE STATE'S PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION ELIGIBLE FOR IN STATE TUITION BY WAIVING THE TWELVE MONTH STATE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT AND TO REPEAL THE REQUIREMENTS REGARDING THE YELLOW RIBBON PROGRAM. Enacted June 24, 2015. Effective July 1, 2015.

    Education, Higher Education, Government, State Agencies, Community Colleges System Office, UNC System, Military and Veteran's Affairs
    GS 116
  • Bill S 478 (2015-2016)
    Summary date: Jun 16 2015 - View Summary

    House committee substitute makes the following changes to the 2nd edition.

    Amends subsection (d) of GS 116-143.3A, as enacted in this act, to clarify that after the expiration of the three-year period following discharge or death as described in 38 USC �_ 3679(c) (applies to veterans and dependent beneficiaries), any enrolled veteran or enrolled individual (was, veteran or individual) for whom the 12-month residency requirement was waived would continue to be eligible for the in-state tuition rate as long as the enrolled veteran or recipient remains continuously enrolled at that same institution of higher education.

    Education, Higher Education, Government, State Agencies, Community Colleges System Office, UNC System, Military and Veteran's Affairs
    GS 116
  • Bill S 478 (2015-2016)
    Summary date: Apr 28 2015 - View Summary

    Senate committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition.

    Deletes the provisions concerning appropriations and appropriating funds to the UNC Board of Governors and the Community Colleges System Office.

    Education, Higher Education, Military and Veteran's Affairs
    GS 116
  • Bill S 478 (2015-2016)
    Summary date: Mar 26 2015 - View Summary

    Enacts new GS 116-143.3A to make veterans meeting the following criteria eligible for the in-state tuition rate and applicable mandatory fees for enrollment at an institution of higher education without satisfying the residency requirement: (1) the veteran applies for admission to the institution of higher education and enrolls within three years of discharge or release from the specified institutions, (2) the veteran qualifies for and uses educational benefits pursuant to 38 USC Chapter 30 (GI Bill) or 38 USC Chapter 33 (Post-9/11 Educational Assistance), (3) the veteran's abode is in North Carolina, and (4) the veteran provides the institution of higher education with a letter of intent to establish residence in North Carolina. Provides that persons who are entitled to federal education benefits under specified provisions are to be charged the in-state tuition rate and applicable fees without satisfying the residency requirement if: (1) the individual qualifies for admission to the institution of higher education and enrolls within three years of the veteran's discharge or release from the specified institutions, (2) the individual is the recipient of transferred educational benefits pursuant to 38 USC Chapter 30 (GI Bill) or 38 USC Chapter 33 (Post-9/11 Educational Assistance), (3) the individual's abode is in North Carolina, and (4) the individual provides the institution of higher education with a letter of intent to establish residence in North Carolina. Provides that the individuals qualifying for in-state tuition pursuant to the above provisions remain eligible for the in-state tuition so long as they remain continuously enrolled at that institution of higher education. 

    Provides that funds appropriated to the UNC Board of Governors and to the Community Colleges System Office for 2014-15 for the UNC Yellow Ribbon Reserve do not revert; effective June 30, 2015.

    Appropriates from the General Fund to the UNC Board of Governors, for 2016-17, $4,437,485 to implement this act. Appropriates from the General Fund to the Community Colleges System Office, for 2016-17, $1 million to implement this act.

    Repeals GS 116-143.8, concerning tuition assistance for certain veterans and their dependents. 

    Except as otherwise noted, effective July 1, 2015.

    Education, Higher Education, Government, Budget/Appropriations, State Agencies, Community Colleges System Office, UNC System, Military and Veteran's Affairs
    APPROP, GS 116
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