North Carolina § 116-43 - 10. Academic Common Market program.

§ 116-43. 10. Academic Common Market program.

The Southern Regional Education Board operates an Academic Common Market program. Under this program, qualified students from participating states may apply to attend programs at public universities in participating states that are not available in their home state's university system. North Carolina's participation for graduate programs provides a cost-effective means of offering educational access for North Carolina residents. North Carolinians are able to attend graduate programs that are not available at The University of North Carolina at reduced rates, and the State avoids the cost associated with the development of new academic programs. The Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina may continue participation in the Southern Regional Education Board's Academic Common Market at the graduate program level. The Board of Governors shall examine the graduate programs offered in The University of North Carolina System and select for participation only those graduate programs that are likely to be unique or are not commonly available in other Southern Regional Education Board states. Out-of-state tuition shall be waived for students who are residents of other Southern Regional Education Board states and who are participating in the Academic Common Market program. If accepted into The University of North Carolina graduate programs that are part of the Academic Common Market, these students shall pay in-State tuition and shall be treated for all purposes of The University of North Carolina as residents of North Carolina. Once a student is enrolled in The University of North Carolina System under the Academic Common Market program, the student shall be entitled to pay in-State tuition as long as the student is enrolled in that graduate program. History (2005-276, s. 9.24; 2013-410, s. 36.5.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2011-145, s. 9.12(a) and (b), provides: "(a) Notwithstanding G.S. 116-43.10 , the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina shall not participate in the Academic Common Market for the purpose of accepting new students for the 2012-2013 academic year, and no new students shall be allowed to enroll through the Academic Common Market program into The University of North Carolina graduate programs for the 2012-2013 academic year. "(b) This section does not affect a student enrolled in The University of North Carolina System under the Academic Common Market program prior to the 2012-2013 academic year; that student may continue to pay in-State tuition as long as the student is enrolled in that graduate program." Session Laws 2011-145, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as the 'Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2011.'" Session Laws 2011-145, s. 32.2, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2011-2013 fiscal biennium, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2011-2013 fiscal biennium." Session Laws 2011-145, s. 32.5, is a severability clause. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2013-410, s. 36.5, effective August 23, 2013, deleted the former second sentence in subsection (c), which read: "The Board of Governors shall provide a report on the Academic Common Market program to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee by September 2007 and each biennium thereafter."