GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2015

SESSION LAW 2015-298

HOUSE BILL 709

AN ACT to allow members of the north carolina national guard who are enrolled in a program granting a graduate certificate to be eligible for the north carolina NATIONAL GUARD tuition assistance benefit.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 116‑209.54(b) reads as rewritten:

"§ 116‑209.54.  Eligibility.

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(b)        This tuition assistance benefit shall be applicable to students in the following categories:

(1)        Students seeking to achieve completion of their secondary school education at a community college or technical institute.

(2)        Students seeking trade or vocational training or education.

(3)        Students seeking to achieve a two‑year associate degree.

(4)        Students seeking to achieve a four‑year baccalaureate degree.

(5)        Students seeking to achieve a graduate degree.

(6) Students enrolled in a program granting a graduate certificate."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 21^st day of September, 2015.

                                                                    s/  Tom Apodaca

                                                                         Presiding Officer of the Senate

                                                                    s/  Paul Stam

                                                                         Presiding Officer of the House of Representatives

                                                                    s/  Pat McCrory

                                                                         Governor

Approved 11:30 a.m. this 30^th day of October, 2015