H97 - 2015 Appropriations Act, Sec. 10.2: Basic Skills Plus (SL 2015-241)

Overview: Sec. 10.2 of S.L. 2015-241 authorizes the State Board of Community Colleges (SBCC) to waive tuition and registration fees for courses providing employability skills, job-specific occupational or technical skills, or developmental education instruction to certain students who are concurrently enrolled in an eligible community college literacy course, in accordance with rules adopted by the SBCC. The SBCC may authorize a community college to use up to 20% of its allocated State Literacy Funds to provide this instruction to students concurrently enrolled in an eligible community college literacy class.

This section became effective July 1, 2015.