Bill Summary for S 125 (2017-2018)

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Mar 14 2017

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View NCGA Bill Details2017-2018 Session
Senate Bill 125 (Public) Filed Wednesday, February 22, 2017
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.
Intro. by D. Davis, Brown.

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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.