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North Carolina House Bill 81: In-State Tuition Pilot Program (Session 2021)

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House Bill 81 of the General Assembly of North Carolina, Session 2021, with the short title In-State Tuition Pilot Program, sponsored by Representative Gillespie and referred to committee on February 16, 2021. The bill directs the State Board of Community Colleges, notwithstanding G.S. 115D-39(a) and G.S. 116-143.1, to implement a pilot program allowing Tri-County Community College to offer in-State tuition to residents of Fannin, Rabun, Towns and Union Counties in Georgia. It provides that eligible out-of-state students shall not displace North Carolina residents and requires annual reports beginning September 30, 2022 to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee and the Fiscal Research Division. The pilot expires at the end of the 2024-2025 academic year, and the act applies beginning with the 2021-2022 academic year.

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                         GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
                                     SESSION 2021
     H                                                                                                            1
                                              HOUSE BILL 81*


     Short Title:   In-State Tuition Pilot Program.                                                       (Public)
     Sponsors:      Representative Gillespie.
                        For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
     Referred to:   Education - Community Colleges, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations
                    of the House
                                               February 16, 2021

 1                                      A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 2   AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE BOARD OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO
 3        IMPLEMENT AN IN-STATE TUITION PILOT PROGRAM FOR RESIDENTS OF
 4        CERTAIN GEORGIA COUNTIES.
 5   The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
 6               SECTION 1.(a)          Pilot Program. – Notwithstanding G.S. 115D-39(a) and
 7   G.S. 116-143.1, the State Board of Community Colleges shall establish and implement an
 8   in-State tuition pilot program for certain border counties in the State of Georgia. The pilot
 9   program shall allow Tri-County Community College to offer in-State tuition to residents of the
10   following Georgia counties:
11               (1)     Fannin County.
12               (2)     Rabun County.
13               (3)     Towns County.
14               (4)     Union County.
15               No out-of-state student eligible for in-State tuition due to this pilot program shall
16   displace a North Carolina resident eligible for in-State tuition who is seeking to enroll in a
17   program offered by Tri-County Community College.
18               SECTION 1.(b) Report. – By September 30, 2022, and annually thereafter for the
19   duration of the pilot program, the State Board of Community Colleges shall report the results of
20   the pilot program to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee and the Fiscal
21   Research Division of the General Assembly. This report shall include information about the
22   number of out-of-state students who enrolled at the in-State tuition rate, the programs that these
23   students chose, any programs unavailable to these students due to potential displacement of North
24   Carolina residents, any indicators of increased economic development as a result of this program,
25   and the number of out-of-state students enrolled who do not qualify for the in-State tuition rate.
26               SECTION 1.(c) Expiration. – The pilot program required by this section shall expire
27   at the end of the 2024-2025 academic year.
28               SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with
29   the 2021-2022 academic year.




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