Bill Summary – FastDemocracy

FILED SENATE
                                                                                        Jan 27, 2021
                         GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
                                                                 S.B. 8
                                     SESSION 2021           PRINCIPAL CLERK
     S                                                                  D
                              SENATE BILL DRS45016-MKa-20
     Short Title:   In-State Tuition Pilot Program.                                            (Public)
     Sponsors:      Senator Corbin (Primary Sponsor).
     Referred to:
                                    A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE BOARD OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO
      IMPLEMENT AN IN-STATE TUITION PILOT PROGRAM FOR RESIDENTS OF
      CERTAIN GEORGIA COUNTIES.
 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
             SECTION 1.(a)          Pilot Program. – Notwithstanding G.S. 115D-39(a) and
 G.S. 116-143.1, the State Board of Community Colleges shall establish and implement an
 in-State tuition pilot program for certain border counties in the State of Georgia. The pilot
 program shall allow Tri-County Community College to offer in-State tuition to residents of the
 following Georgia counties:
             (1)     Fannin County.
             (2)     Rabun County.
             (3)     Towns County.
             (4)     Union County.
             No out-of-state student eligible for in-State tuition due to this pilot program shall
 displace a North Carolina resident eligible for in-State tuition who is seeking to enroll in a
 program offered by Tri-County Community College.
             SECTION 1.(b) Report. – By September 30, 2022, and annually thereafter for the
 duration of the pilot program, the State Board of Community Colleges shall report the results of
 the pilot program to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee and the Fiscal
 Research Division of the General Assembly. This report shall include information about the
 number of out-of-state students who enrolled at the in-State tuition rate, the programs that these
 students chose, any programs unavailable to these students due to potential displacement of North
 Carolina residents, any indicators of increased economic development as a result of this program,
 and the number of out-of-state students enrolled who do not qualify for the in-State tuition rate.
             SECTION 1.(c) Expiration. – The pilot program required by this section shall expire
 at the end of the 2024-2025 academic year.
             SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with
 the 2021-2022 academic year.
                                  *DRS45016-MKa-20*