GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA H.B.SESSION 2021 H 1 HOUSE BILL 744 Short Title:
744 Apr 29, 2021 SESSION 2021 HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK H D HOUSE BILL DRH40444-MKa-51 Short Title:
RepresentativeRepresentatives Brown.Brown, Richardson, Wray, and Hunt (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Education - Community Colleges, if favorable, Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House May 3, 2021 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A COMMUNITY COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP PILOT PROGRAM IN CERTAIN COUNTIES TO COVER THE COST OF ATTENDANCE FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ENROLLING IN CERTAIN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.
*H744-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 (5) Complete at least 20 hours of community service hours prior to graduation from high school.
*DRH40444-MKa-51* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 (6) Gain admission to a program of study in one of the following subject areas:
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), health care, advanced manufacturing, transportation or logistics, information technology, orcertain programs with aregionaldemand,as determinedbytheStateBoard.determinedbytheState Board.
– There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Community Colleges System Office the sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) in recurring fundsforthe2022-2023 fiscal yearyearto to implement thepilot program pursuant tothis act, beginning with scholarships awarded for the 2022-2023 academic year for high school students graduating at the end of the 2021-2022 school year.
It is the intent of the General Assembly to appropriate from the General Fund to the CommunityCommunityColleges Colleges System Office the sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) in additional recurring funds for the 2023-2024 fiscal year for the purpose of awarding scholarships for the 2023-2024 academic year for an additional cohort of high school students graduating at the end of the 2022-2023 school year.
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