North Carolina 2019-2020 Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 1 R · 1 D cosponsors

SB 600 — Vets Children/Short-Term Workforce Training.

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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced April 03, 2019. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 96% · high confidence

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  • 5 sponsors

    2 primary, 3 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (1 R · 1 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

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47 added · 36 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent amendments to Bill SB 600 introduce the ability for scholarship recipients to use their awards for short-term workforce training courses that lead to industry credentials. This change is significant because it expands the educational opportunities available to the children of veterans, allowing them to pursue valuable skills and certifications in addition to traditional degree programs. By including these courses, the bill aims to better prepare scholarship recipients for immediate employment and address workforce shortages in various industries.

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2019 S 2 SENATE BILL 600 Education/Higher Education Committee Substitute Adopted 4/17/19 Short Title:
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2019 S 1 SENATE BILL 600 Short Title:
Vets Children/Short-Term Workforce Training.
Vets Children/Short-term Workforce Training.
Senators D.
Davis, Ballard, and Britt (Primary Sponsors).
April 4, 2019 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT PROVIDING THAT CHILDREN OF WARTIME VETERANS RECEIVING A CLASS I-A, I-B, OR IV SCHOLARSHIP MAY USE THOSE FUNDS TO COVER THE COST OF SHORT-TERM WORKFORCE TRAINING COURSES LEADING TO INDUSTRY CREDENTIALS.
Rules and Operations of the Senate April 4, 2019 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT PROVIDING THAT CHILDREN OF WARTIME VETERANS RECEIVING A CLASS I-A, I-B, OR IV SCHOLARSHIP MAY USE THOSE FUNDS TO COVER THE COST OF SHORT-TERM WORKFORCE TRAINING COURSES LEADING TO INDUSTRY CREDENTIALS.
SECTION 1.(a) G.S.
SECTION 1.
143B-1225(a)(1) reads as rewritten:
"(1) With respect to State educational institutions, unless expressly limited elsewhere in this Part, a scholarship shall consist of:
a.
Tuition at the State educational institution.
b.
A standard board allowance.
c.
A standard room allowance.
d.
Matriculation and other institutional fees required to be paid as a condition to remaining in the institution and pursuing the course of study selected.
e.
For Class I-A, I-B, and IV scholarships, as defined by G.S.
143B-1226(b), the cost of short-term workforce training courses leading to industry credentials." SECTION 1.(b) G.S.
143B-1226(b)(2) reads as rewritten:
"(2) Class I-B:
Under this class a limited scholarship providing onlythose benefits set forth in G.S.
143B-1225(a)(1)a.
and d.
143B-1225(a)(1)a., d., and e., and G.S.
143B-1225 reads as rewritten:
143B-1225(a)(2)shall beawardedto anychild whoseveteranparent, at the time the benefits pursuant to this Part are sought to be availed of, is or was at the time of his death receiving compensation for a wartime service-connected disability of one hundred percent (100%) as rated by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
"§ 143B-1225.
Provided, that if the veteran parent of a recipient under this class should die of his wartime service-connected condition before the recipient shall have utilized all of his scholarship eligibility time, then the North Carolina Department of Military and Veterans Affairsshall amendtherecipient's awardfrom Class I-Bto Class I-A for the remainder of the recipient's eligibility time.
Scholarship.
The effective date of such an amended award shall be determined by the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs but, in no event shall it predate the date of the veteran parent's death." SECTION 2.
(a) A scholarship granted pursuant to this Part shall consist of the following benefits in either a State or private educational institution:
This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to scholarships awarded beginning with the 2019-2020 academic year.
… (6) A Class I-A, I-B, and IV scholarship, as defined in G.S.
*S600-v-2*
143B-1226(b), may be used at any time during the student's period of entitlement to cover the cost of short-term workforce training courses leading to industry credentials.
In no case shall the cost of short-term workforce training courses plus tuition and other allowances authorized by subdivision (1) of this subsection exceed the total scholarship awarded.
…." SECTION 2.
G.S.
143B-1227 reads as rewritten:
"§ 143B-1227.
Administration and funding.
… (d) Scholarship recipients electing to attend a private educational institution shall be granted a monetary allowance for each term or other academic period attended under their respective scholarship awards.
All recipients under Class I-B scholarship shall receive an allowance at one rate, irrespective of course or institution;
all recipients under Classes I-A, II, III and IVshall receive auniform allowance at a ratehigher thanforClass I-B, irrespectiveof course or institution.
The amount of said allowances shall be determined by the Director of the Budget andmadeknownpriorto thebeginningofeachfall quarterorsemester;providedthattheDirector of the Budget may change the allowances at intermediate periods when in his judgment such changes are necessary.
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Disbursements by the State shall be to the private institution concerned, for credit to the account of each recipient attending said institution.
The manner of payment to any private institution shall be as prescribed by the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs.
The participation by any private institution in the program shall be subject to the applicable provisions of this Part and to examination by State auditors of the accounts of scholarship recipients attending or having attended private institutions.
The Veterans' Affairs Commission may defer making an award or may suspend an award in any private institution which does not *S600-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 comply with the provisions of this Part relating to said institutions.
A Class I-A, I-B, and IV scholarship recipient may use the monetary allowance at any time during the student's period of entitlement to cover the cost of short-term workforce training courses leading to industry credentials.
Disbursements by the State shall be to the community college providing the short-term workforce training courses for credit to the account of each recipient attending the institution.
In no case shall the cost of the short-term workforce training courses plus disbursements made to the community college exceed the total monetary allowance the student is eligible for during the period of entitlement.
…." SECTION 3.
This act is effective when it becomes law.
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Action History

  1. Signed by Gov. 9/4/2019

  2. Ch. SL 2019-214

  3. Pres. To Gov. 8/28/2019

  4. Ratified

  5. Concurred In H Com Sub

  6. Ordered Enrolled

  7. Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub

  8. Amend Adopted A1

  9. Passed 2nd Reading

  10. Passed 3rd Reading

  11. Ordered Engrossed

  12. Special Message Sent To Senate

  13. Withdrawn From Cal

  14. Placed On Cal For 08/21/2019

  15. Reptd Fav Com Substitute

  16. Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)

  17. Placed On Cal For 08/13/2019

  18. Passed 1st Reading

  19. Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  20. Regular Message Sent To House

  21. Regular Message Received From Senate

  22. Passed 2nd Reading

  23. Passed 3rd Reading

  24. Withdrawn From Cal

  25. Placed On Cal For 05/02/2019

  26. Withdrawn From Cal

  27. Placed On Cal For 04/30/2019

  28. Reptd Fav

  29. Placed On Cal For 04/29/2019

  30. Reptd Fav Com Substitute

  31. Com Substitute Adopted

  32. Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  33. Passed 1st Reading

  34. Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  35. Withdrawn From Com

  36. Re-ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate

  37. Filed

Sponsors

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2 sponsors · 3 co-sponsors · 174 not signed on

Sponsors (2)

Co-sponsors (3)

Not signed on (174)

174 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Motion 9 To Concur

Passed 43 Yea · 0 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 8000
Unaffiliated 25004
Republican 10003
Total 43007
% of votes cast 86%0%0%14%
How each member voted (50)
Member Party Vote
deViere — Yea
Fitch — Yea
Foushee — Yea
Marcus — Yea
McKissick — Yea
Nickel — Yea
Peterson — Yea
Searcy — Yea
Smith — Yea
VanDuyn — Yea
Woodard — Yea
Ballard — Yea
Brown — Yea
Gallimore — Yea
Gunn — Yea
Harrington — Yea
Horner — Yea
Johnson — Yea
Krawiec — Yea
Newton — Yea
Perry — Yea
Steinburg — Yea
Wells — Yea
Bishop — Not Voting
J. Davis — Not Voting
Edwards — Not Voting
Tillman — Not Voting
D. Davis — Yea
J. Jackson — Yea
Dan Blue Democratic Yea
Gladys A. Robinson Democratic Yea
Jay J. Chaudhuri Democratic Yea
Joyce Waddell Democratic Yea
Michael Garrett Democratic Yea
Mujtaba A. Mohammed Democratic Yea
Paul A. Lowe, Jr. Democratic Yea
Tracy Clark Democratic Yea
Bill Rabon Republican Yea
Brent Jackson Republican Yea
Carl Ford Republican Yea
Danny Earl Britt, Jr. Republican Yea
Jim Burgin Republican Yea
Norman W. Sanderson Republican Yea
Phil Berger Republican Not Voting
Ralph Hise Republican Yea
Tom McInnis Republican Not Voting
Vickie Sawyer Republican Not Voting
W. Ted Alexander Republican Yea
W. Ted Alexander Republican Yea
Warren Daniel Republican Yea

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Second Reading

Passed 113 Yea · 0 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 23001
Republican 33002
Unaffiliated 55004
U 2000
Total 113007
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (120)
Member Party Vote
Autry — Yea
Beasley — Yea
Black — Yea
Brewer — Yea
Farmer-Butterfield — Yea
Fisher — Yea
Floyd — Yea
Gailliard — Yea
Garrison — Yea
Gill — Yea
Graham — Yea
Harris — Yea
Holley — Yea
Hunt — Yea
Hunter — Yea
Insko — Yea
Jackson — Yea
Lucas — Yea
Martin — Yea
Montgomery — Yea
Queen — Yea
Russell — Yea
Terry — Yea
vonHaefen — Yea
Wray — Yea
Boles — Yea
Bumgardner — Yea
Carter — Yea
Cleveland — Yea
Conrad — Yea
Davis — Yea
Faircloth — Yea
Fraley — Yea
Grange — Yea
Hardister — Yea
Horn — Yea
Hurley — Yea
L. Johnson — Yea
Lewis — Yea
McElraft — Yea
McGrady — Yea
McNeill — Yea
Moore — Yea
Murphy — Yea
Presnell — Yea
Rogers — Yea
Saine — Yea
Sasser — Yea
Speciale — Yea
Szoka — Yea
Yarborough — Yea
Zachary — Yea
Dobson — Not Voting
Clemmons — Not Voting
Richardson — Not Voting
Elmore — Not Voting
C. Smith — Yea
K. Smith — Yea
R. Smith — Yea
Allison A. Dahle Democratic Yea
Amos L. Quick, III Democratic Yea
Becky Carney Democratic Yea
Brandon Lofton Democratic Yea
Brian Turner Democratic Yea
Carolyn G. Logan Democratic Yea
Cecil Brockman Democratic Yea
Cynthia Ball Democratic Yea
Dante Pittman Democratic Yea
Deb Butler Democratic Yea
Eric Ager Democratic Yea
Gale Adcock Democratic Yea
Garland E. Pierce Democratic Yea
Graig Meyer Democratic Not Voting
Joe John Democratic Yea
Marcia Morey Democratic Yea
Mary Belk Democratic Yea
Pricey Harrison Democratic Yea
Robert T. Reives, II Democratic Yea
Shelly Willingham Democratic Yea
Sydney Batch Democratic Yea
Terence Everitt Democratic Yea
Tracy Clark Democratic Yea
Zack Hawkins Democratic Yea
Bobby Hanig Republican Yea
Brenden H. Jones Republican Yea
Chris Humphrey Republican Yea
Dean Arp Republican Yea
Dennis Riddell Republican Not Voting
Destin Hall Republican Yea
Donna McDowell White Republican Yea
Donny Lambeth Republican Yea
Edward C. Goodwin Republican Yea
Frank Iler Republican Yea
Harry Warren Republican Yea
Hugh Blackwell Republican Yea
Jake Johnson Republican Yea
Jay Adams Republican Yea
Jeffrey C. McNeely Republican Yea
Jimmy Dixon Republican Yea
John A. Torbett Republican Yea
John R. Bell, IV Republican Yea
John Sauls Republican Yea
Julia C. Howard Republican Yea
Keith Kidwell Republican Yea
Kelly E. Hastings Republican Yea
Kevin Corbin Republican Yea
Kyle Hall Republican Yea
Larry C. Strickland Republican Yea
Larry W. Potts Republican Yea
Lisa S. Barnes Republican Yea
Mark Brody Republican Yea
Mitchell S. Setzer Republican Yea
Phil Shepard Republican Yea
Sarah Stevens Republican Not Voting
Stephen M. Ross Republican Yea
Steve Jarvis Republican Yea
W. Ted Alexander Republican Yea
William D. Brisson Republican Yea
Carla D. Cunningham U Yea
Nasif Majeed U Yea

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Who sponsors SB 600?
SB 600 is sponsored by Ballard, Danny Earl Britt, Jr. (Republican), Steinburg, D. Davis, and Kandie D. Smith (Democratic).
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