GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION
CHAPTER 162
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 115D-5(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b) In order to make
instruction as accessible as possible to all citizens, the teaching of
curricular courses and of noncurricular extension courses at convenient
locations away from institution campuses as well as on campuses is authorized
and shall be encouraged. A pro rata portion of the established regular tuition
rate charged a full-time student shall be charged a part-time student taking
any curriculum course. In lieu of any tuition charge, the State Board of
Community Colleges shall establish a uniform registration fee, or a schedule of
uniform registration fees, to be charged students enrolling in extension
courses for which instruction is financed primarily from State funds; provided,
however, that the State Board of Community Colleges may provide by general and
uniform regulations for waiver of tuition and registration fees for persons not
enrolled in elementary or secondary schools taking courses leading to a high
school diploma or equivalent certificate, for training courses for volunteer
firemen, local fire department personnel, volunteer rescue and lifesaving
department personnel, local rescue and lifesaving department personnel, local
law-enforcement officers, patients in State alcoholic rehabilitation centers,
all full-time custodial employees of the Department of Correction and Correction,
employees of the Department's Division of Adult Probation and Parole and
employees of the Division of Youth Services of the Department of Human
Resources required to be certified pursuant to Chapter 17C of the General
Statutes and the rules of the Criminal Justice and Training Standards
Commission, trainees enrolled in courses conducted under the New and Expanding
Industry Program, clients of sheltered workshops, clients of adult
developmental activity programs, students in Human Resources Development
Programs, juveniles of any age committed to the Division of Youth Services of the
Department of Human Resources by a court of competent jurisdiction, and prison
inmates. Provided further, tuition shall be waived for senior citizens
attending institutions operating pursuant to this Chapter as set forth in
Chapter 115B of the General Statutes, Tuition Waiver for Senior Citizens."
Sec. 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 1989, and applies to tuition and fees due on and after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 29th day of May, 1989.