AN ACT TO ENCOURAGE LOCAL BOARDS OF EDUCATION TO ADOPT STUDENT ATTENDANCE RECOGNITION PROGRAMS AND TO PROVIDE THAT STUDENTS SERVING AS LEGISLATIVE OR GOVERNOR'S PAGES SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR PARTICIPATION IN THESE PROGRAMS AND TO EXPAND ELIGIBILITY OF CHILDREN TO OBTAIN CERTAIN SCHOLARSHIPS UNDER PART 2 OF ARTICLE 14 OF CHAPTER 143B OF THE GENERAL STATUTES. Enacted June 22, 2018. Effective June 22, 2018.
Bill Summaries: S 125 VARIOUS CHANGES TO EDUCATION (NEW).
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Bill S 125 (2017-2018)Summary date: Jun 25 2018 - View Summary
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Bill S 125 (2017-2018)Summary date: Jun 13 2018 - View Summary
House committee substitute makes the following change to 3rd edition. Makes new GS 115C-382.5 applicable beginning with the 2018-19 (was, 2017-18) school year. Changes the due date of the report from the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs from March 30, 2018, to March 30, 2019.
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Bill S 125 (2017-2018)Summary date: Jun 12 2018 - View Summary
House committee substitute is to be summarized.
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Bill S 125 (2017-2018)Summary date: Jun 21 2017 - View Summary
House committee substitute makes the following changes to the 2nd edition.
Deletes all of the previous provisions. Changes the long and short titles, and now provides the following.
Enacts GS 115C-382.5 to encourage local boards of education to adopt a student attendance recognition program within the local school administrative unit. Provides that, if a local board of education adopts a student attendance recognition program, a student with an absence resulting from service as a legislative page or a governor's page is eligible for participation in the program, and the absence cannot be included as part of the student's record of attendance for purposes of this program. Applies beginning with the 2017-18 school year.
Amends GS 143B-1226, concerning the classes of eligibility for children of veterans under which higher education scholarships administered by the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (Department) can be awarded. Adds to subdivision (3), setting out Class II, and subdivision (4), setting out Class III, providing that for the purposes of each subdivision, a child includes any person meeting either the requirements set forth in GS 143B-1224(3)a or b, and who is a child as defined in 37 USC 401.
Directs the Department to document the number of applicants who apply for Class II and Class III scholarships under GS 143B-1226. Directs the Department to report this information to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on General Government by March 30, 2018, including the total number of applications received and the total number of those applications made eligible as a result of the changes included in this act.
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Bill S 125 (2017-2018)Summary date: Mar 14 2017 - View Summary
Senate committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition. Amends GS 143B-1224(3), which sets out the meaning of the term child as it applies to the provisions concerning the higher education scholarship program for eligible children of veterans administered by the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs. Amends the requirements for qualification to no longer allow a person who was legally adopted by the veteran before the person reached age 15 to meet the eligibility conditions of having a veteran parent who was a state resident at the time of entering service in the Armed Forces, or was born a child of a veteran in the state and who has been a state resident continuously since birth. Makes technical changes.
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Bill S 125 (2017-2018)Summary date: Feb 22 2017 - View Summary
Amends GS 143B-1224(3), which sets out the meaning of the term child as it applies to the provisions concerning the higher education scholarship program for eligible children of veterans administered by the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs. Adds that a child as the term is defined in 37 USC 401 who also meets the existing specified criteria in subdivision (3) may be eligible to obtain a scholarship under the program. Makes technical changes.