HB 8 — In-State Tuition Pilot Program.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2019 H 12 HOUSE BILL 8 Committee Substitute Favorable 2/26/19 Short Title:

Tri-CountyIn-State CC/NeighborTuition StatePilot In-StateProgram. Tuition.

Representative Corbin.

For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.

Education - Community Colleges, if favorable, State and Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House January 31, 2019 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE TRI-COUNTYTHE COMMUNITYSTATE COLLEGEBOARD TOOF CHARGECOMMUNITY IN-STATECOLLEGES TUITION TO RESIDENTSIMPLEMENT OFAN STATESIN-STATE BORDERINGTUITION NORTHPILOT CAROLINAPROGRAM WHOFOR LIVERESIDENTS INOF COUNTIESCERTAIN THATGEORGIA ARECOUNTIES. CONTIGUOUS TO CHEROKEE COUNTY, CLAY COUNTY, AND GRAHAM COUNTY.

SECTION 1.1.(a) Pilot Program.

– Notwithstanding G.S.

115D-39(a) readsand asG.S. rewritten:

"(a)116-143.1, Thethe State Board of Community Colleges shall fixestablish and regulateimplement allan in-State tuition andpilot feesprogram charged to students for applyingcertain toborder orcounties attendingin anythe institutionState pursuantof toGeorgia. this Chapter.

The receiptspilot fromprogram all student tuition and fees, other than student activity fees, shall beallow StateTri-County fundsCommunity andCollege shallto beoffer depositedin-State astuition providedto byresidents regulations of the Statefollowing BoardGeorgia ofcounties: Community Colleges.

The(1) legalFannin residentCounty. limitation with respect to tuition, set forth in G.S.

116-143.1(2) andRabun G.S.County.

116-143.3,(3) shallTowns applyCounty. to students attending institutions operating pursuant to this Chapter;

provided,(4) however,Union thatCounty. when an employer other than the Armed Forces, as that term is defined in G.S.

116-143.3,No paysout-of-state tuitionstudent eligible for anin-State employeetuition due to attendthis anpilot institutionprogram operatingshall pursuantdisplace toa thisNorth ChapterCarolina andresident wheneligible thefor employeein-State workstuition atwho ais Northseeking Carolinato businessenroll location,in thea employerprogram shalloffered beby chargedTri-County theCommunity in-StateCollege. tuition rate;

providedSECTION further,1.(b) however,Report. a community college may charge in-Statetuition to upto onepercent (1%)ofits out-of-statestudents, rounded up to thenext whole number, to accommodate the families transferred by business, the families transferred by industry, or the civilian families transferred by the Armed Forces, consistent with the provisions of G.S.

116-143.3,– intoBySeptember 30, 2020, and annually thereafter, the State.State Board of CommunityColleges shall report the results ofthepilot program to theJoint Legislative Education Oversight Committee and the Fiscal Research Division of the General Assembly.

InThis addition,report ashall residentinclude ofinformation aabout statethe borderingnumber Northof Carolinaout-of-state students who livesenrolled inat athe countyin-State tuition rate, the programs that isthese contiguousstudents tochose, Cherokeeany County,programs Clayunavailable County,to orthese Grahamstudents Countydue into potential displacement of North Carolina mayresidents, beany chargedindicators of increased economic development as a result of this program, and the in-Statenumber tuitionof rateout-of-state tostudents attendenrolled Tri-Countywho Communitydo College.not qualify for the in-State tuition rate.

Tri-CountySECTION Community1.(c) CollegeExpiration. shall ensure that no out-of-state student eligible for in-State tuition due to residence in a contiguous county shall displace an in-State student seeking to enroll in a program offered by the community college.

Notwithstanding– theseThe requirements,thepilot requirementsprogram ofrequired thisby subsection, a refugee who lawfully entered the United States and who is living in this Statesection shall beexpire deemedat tothe qualifyend as a domiciliary of thisthe State2022-2023 underacademic G.S.year.

116-143.1(a)(1)SECTION and2. as a State resident for community college tuition purposes as defined in G.S.

116-143.1(a)(2).

Also, a nonresident of the United States who has resided in North Carolina for a 12-month qualifying period and has filed an *H8-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 immigrant petition with the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service shall be considered a State resident for community college tuition purposes." SECTION 2.

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