Bill Summary – FastDemocracy

FILED SENATE
                                                                                        Apr 7, 2021
                         GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
                                                                S.B. 672
                                     SESSION 2021           PRINCIPAL CLERK
     S                                                                   D
                              SENATE BILL DRS45376-MK-9
     Short Title:   DACA Recipients/In-State Tuition.                                          (Public)
     Sponsors:      Senators Nickel, Mohammed, and Murdock (Primary Sponsors).
     Referred to:
 1                                      A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 2   AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN BENEFICIARIES OF THE FEDERAL DEFERRED
 3       ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS INITIATIVE TO RECEIVE IN-STATE
 4       TUITION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CONSTITUENT
 5       INSTITUTIONS AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN THIS STATE.
 6   The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
 7              SECTION 1. G.S. 116-143.1 is amended by adding the following new subsections
 8   to read:
 9       "(n) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a person who meets all of the
10   following qualifications shall be accorded resident tuition status:
11              (1)     The person received a high school diploma from a secondary school or high
12                      school within North Carolina or received a high school equivalency diploma
13                      within North Carolina.
14              (2)     The person attended North Carolina schools for a minimum of two
15                      consecutive years immediately prior to completing high school.
16              (3)     The person is a beneficiary of the federal Deferred Action for Childhood
17                      Arrivals (DACA) initiative and provides documentation to the constituent
18                      institution or community college to which the person is enrolled
19                      demonstrating that the person is a DACA beneficiary.
20              (4)     The person satisfies the admission standards for the constituent institution or
21                      community college to which the person applied and has secured admission
22                      and enrolled as a student at the constituent institution or community college.
23       (o)    Any information obtained as part of the process of applying for in-State tuition
24   pursuant to subsection (n) of this section shall be confidential and is not a public record."
25              SECTION 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 2021, and applies beginning with
26   the 2021-2022 academic year.
                                    *DRS45376-MK-9*
Statutes affected: 
Filed: 116-143.1
Edition 1: 116-143.1