GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
H	1
HOUSE BILL 1138

 
 
Short Title:	UNC Tuition & Fees/Set by Legislature.	()	
Sponsors:	Representative Arnold.	
Referred to:	Education.	
April 12, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to PROVIDE THAT THE general assembly SHALL FIX THE RATE OF TUITION FOR THE STATE'S UNIVERSITY SYSTEM.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 116‑143 reads as rewritten:
"§ 116‑143.  State‑supported institutions of higher education required to charge tuition and fees.
(a)	The General Assembly shall fix the tuition and fees at the institutions enumerated in G.S. 116‑4 in such amount or amounts as it may deem best, taking into consideration the nature of each institution and program of study and the cost of equipment and maintenance; and each institution shall charge and collect from each student, at the beginning of each semester or quarter, tuition, fees, and an amount sufficient to pay other expenses for the term.
In the event that said students are unable to pay the cost of tuition and required academic fees as the same may become due, in cash, the said several boards of trustees are hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to accept the obligation of the student or students together with such collateral or security as they may deem necessary and proper, it being the purpose of this Article that all students in State institutions of higher learning shall be required to pay tuition, and that free tuition is hereby abolished.
Inasmuch as the giving of tuition and fee waivers, or especially reduced rates, represent in effect a variety of scholarship awards, the said practice is hereby prohibited except when expressly authorized by statute or by the General Assembly and, furthermore, it is hereby directed and required that all budgeted funds expended for scholarships of any type must be clearly identified in budget reports.
Notwithstanding the above provision relating to the abolition of free tuition, the Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina may, in its discretion, provide regulations under which a full‑time faculty member of the rank of full‑time instructor or above, and any full‑time staff member of the University of North Carolina may during the period of normal employment enroll for not more than one course per semester in the University of North Carolina free of charge for tuition, provided such enrollment does not interfere with normal employment obligations and further provided that such enrollments are not counted for the purpose of receiving general fund appropriations."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.