GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 780

SENATE BILL 291

 

AN ACT TO REPEAL STATUTES ALLOWING LOCAL BOARDS OF EDUCATION TO CHARGE TUITION FOR STUDENTS OVER 18 YEARS OLD.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 115C-1 is amended by rewriting the second sentence thereof to read: "Tuition shall be free of charge to all children of the State, and to every person of the State less than 21 years old, who has not completed a standard high school course of study."

Sec. 2. G.S. 115C-366.1(a)(4) is amended by deleting the figure "19" and substituting in lieu thereof the figure "21".

Sec. 3.  G.S. 115C-109, G.S. 115C-124, and G.S. 115C-128 are amended by deleting the phrase "from 5 through 18" and substituting in lieu thereof the phrase "from age 5 through age 20".

Sec. 4.  G.S. 115C-109 is further amended by deleting therefrom the second sentence.

Sec. 5.  This act is effective upon ratification.  This act shall be administered from funds appropriated to the Department of Public Instruction for fiscal years 1985-86 and 1986-87 and shall not necessitate additional appropriations for those years.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 17th day of July, 1985.