S99 - Appropriations Act of 2018. (SL 2018-5)

Overview: OVERVIEW and ANALYSIS: Sec. 10A.6 of S.L. 2018-5, as amended by Sec. 2.17 of S.L. 2018-97, creates two new categories of students who would be eligible for a need-based scholarship to attend a private institution of higher education in North Carolina:

• Veterans if the veteran's abode is in North Carolina and the veteran provides the eligible private postsecondary institution a letter of intent to establish residency in North Carolina.
• Active duty members of the Armed Forces if the active duty member is abiding in the State incident to active military duty in the State.

This section became effective July 1, 2018, and applies beginning with the 2018-2019 academic year.