A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to authorize community colleges to earn budget fte for certain occupational extension courses.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 115D‑5.1 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(f4)	When a college pays fifty percent (50%) or more of the instructional costs for occupational extension courses taught as part of an approved customized training project, membership hours in the courses shall be counted when computing full‑time equivalent students (FTE) for use in budget funding formulas at the State level. The colleges shall waive student registration fees for these courses and may use customized training funds for the remainder of the costs of the courses."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2009.