GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2003
SESSION LAW 2003-385
HOUSE BILL 223
AN ACT to permit the state board of community colleges to use certain funds to provide financial assistance to students with disabilities.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 115D-40.1(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b) Targeted Assistance. -
Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, the State Board may allocate no
more than ten percent (10%) of the funds appropriated for Financial Assistance
for Community College Students to students to:
(1) Students who
do not qualify for need-based assistance but who enroll in low-enrollment
programs that prepare students for high-demand occupations.occupations,
and
(2) Students with disabilities who have been referred by the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation and are enrolled in a community college."
SECTION 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 2003.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 17th day of July, 2003.
s/ Beverly E. Perdue
President of the Senate
s/ James B. Black
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Michael F. Easley
Governor
Approved 5:18 p.m. this 7th day of August, 2003