2009 North Carolina Code
Chapter 116 - Higher Education.
§ 116-21.3. Legislative tuition grant limitations.

§ 116‑21.3.  Legislative tuition grant limitations.

(a)        For purposes of this section, an "off‑campus program" is any program offered for degree credit away from the institution's main permanent campus.

(b)        No legislative tuition grant funds shall be expended for a program at an off‑campus site of a private institution, as defined in G.S. 116‑22(1), established after May 15, 1987, unless (i) the private institution offering the program has previously notified and secured agreement from other private institutions operating degree programs in the county in which the off‑campus program is located or operating in the counties adjacent to that county or (ii) the degree program is neither available nor planned in the county with the off‑campus site or in the counties adjacent to that county.

(c)        Any member of the armed services, as defined in G.S. 116‑143.3(a), abiding in this State incident to active military duty, who does not qualify as a resident for tuition purposes, as defined under G.S. 116‑143.1, is eligible for a legislative tuition grant pursuant to this section if the member is enrolled as a full‑time undergraduate student or as a licensure student. The member's legislative tuition grant shall not exceed the cost of tuition less any tuition assistance paid by the member's employer.

(d)        A legislative tuition grant authorized under G.S. 116‑21.2(a) shall be reduced by twenty‑five percent (25%) for any individual student who has completed 140 semester credit hours or the equivalent of 140 semester credit hours. (2001‑424, s. 31.1(a); 2006‑66, s. 9.13(e).)