North Carolina § 115C-150 - 14. Tuition and room and board.

§ 115C-150. 14. Tuition and room and board.

Only children who are residents of North Carolina are entitled to free tuition and room and board at a school governed by this Article. A school governed by this Article may enroll a foreign exchange student and shall charge the student the full, unsubsidized per capita cost of providing education at the school for the period of the student's attendance. A school that seeks to enroll foreign exchange students under this section shall submit a plan prior to enrolling any of those students to the State Board of Education for approval, including the proposed costs to be charged to the students for attendance and information on compliance with federal law requirements. For the purposes of this section, a foreign exchange student is a student who is domiciled in a foreign country and has come to the United States on a valid, eligible student visa. Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, foreign exchange students who have obtained the status of nonimmigrants pursuant to the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(15)(F) may only be enrolled in a school governed by this Article in grades nine through 12 for a maximum of 12 months at the school. History (2013-247, s. 2; 2016-94, s. 8.12(b).) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2016-94, s. 8.12(c), provides: "This section applies beginning with the 2016-2017 school year. Local superintendents shall present the consent form to parents, guardians, or custodians of any hearing impaired or visually impaired children required by subsection (a) of this section by October 1, 2016, and shall make the first report required under subsection (a) of this section no later than November 30, 2016." Session Laws 2016-94, s. 1.2, provides: "This act shall be known as the 'Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2016.'" Session Laws 2016-94, s. 39.7, is a severability clause. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2016-94, s. 8.12(b), effective July 1, 2016, added the subsection designation (a) and added subsections (b) and (c). See editor's note for applicability.