GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2019

 

SESSION LAW 2020-54

HOUSE BILL 463

 

 

AN ACT to provide access to education for individuals incarcerated in state prisons.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

SECTION 1.  Section 8.3(a) of S.L. 2010‑31 reads as rewritten:

"SECTION 8.3.(a)  Funds appropriated for community college courses for prison inmates shall be used only for inmates in State prisons. The first priority for the use of these funds shall be to restore the FTE for basic skills courses to the FY 2008‑2009 level. Funds not needed for this purpose may be used for continuing education and curriculum courses related to job skills training. These funds shall not be used for Associate of Arts, Associate of Science, or Associate of General Education degrees."

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2020.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 24th day of June, 2020.

 

 

                                                                    s/  Philip E. Berger

                                                                         President Pro Tempore of the Senate

 

 

                                                                    s/  Tim Moore

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

 

 

                                                                    s/  Roy Cooper

                                                                         Governor

 

 

Approved 12:19 p.m. this 30th day of June, 2020