GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2003

SESSION LAW 2003-385

HOUSE BILL 223

AN ACT to permit the state board of community colleges to use certain funds to provide financial assistance to students with disabilities.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 115D-40.1(b) reads as rewritten:

"(b)      Targeted Assistance. - Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, the State Board may allocate no more than ten percent (10%) of the funds appropriated for Financial Assistance for Community College Students to students to:

(1) Students who do not qualify for need-based assistance but who enroll in low-enrollment programs that prepare students for high-demand occupations.occupations, and

(2) Students with disabilities who have been referred by the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation and are enrolled in a community college."

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2003.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 17^th day of July, 2003.

                                                                    s/ Beverly E. Perdue

                                                                         President of the Senate

                                                                    s/ James B. Black

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

                                                                    s/ Michael F. Easley

                                                                         Governor

Approved 5:18 p.m. this 7^th day of August, 2003