North Carolina § 116-143 - 8: Repealed by Session Laws 2015-116, s. 2, effective July 1, 2015.

§ 116-143. 8: Repealed by Session Laws 2015-116, s. 2, effective July 1, 2015.

History (2014-100, s. 11.12(a); repealed by 2015-116, s. 2, effective July 1, 2015.) Editor's Note. - Former G.S. 116-143.8 pertained to tuition assistance for certain veterans and their dependents. Session Laws 2015-116, s. 3, made the repeal by Session Laws 2015-116, s. 2, applicable to qualifying veterans and other individuals entitled to federal educational benefits under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 30 or 38 U.S.C. Chapter 33 who are enrolled or who enroll in institutions of higher education for any academic quarter, term, or semester that begins on or after July 1, 2015. Session Laws 2014-100, s. 38.8, made this section effective July 1, 2014, and Session Laws 2014-100, s. 11.12(d), made this section applicable to the 2015-2016 academic year and each subsequent academic year. Session Laws 2014-100, s. 11.12(b), provides: "It is the intent of the General Assembly to establish two reserve funds for the purpose of forward funding tuition assistance to students who participate in the Yellow Ribbon Program. Therefore, the General Assembly establishes the two following reserve funds: "(1) There is established the UNC Yellow Ribbon Reserve to be managed by the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina. Of the funds appropriated by this act to the Board of Governors, the sum of four million eight hundred sixty-three thousand two hundred seventy-six dollars ($4,863,276) shall be allocated to the UNC Yellow Ribbon Reserve and shall be held in reserve for the 2014-2015 fiscal year. Beginning with the 2015-2016 fiscal year, the funds in the UNC Yellow Ribbon Reserve shall be used to fund undergraduate tuition assistance to participants in the Yellow Ribbon Program for the 2015-2016 academic year and each subsequent academic year. "(2) There is established the Community College Yellow Ribbon Reserve to be managed by the State Board of Community Colleges. Of the funds appropriated by this act to the Community Colleges System Office, the sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) shall be allocated to the Community College Yellow Ribbon Reserve and shall be held in reserve for the 2014-2015 fiscal year. Beginning with the 2015-2016 fiscal year, the funds in the Community College Yellow Ribbon Reserve shall be used to fund tuition assistance to participants in the Yellow Ribbon Program for the 2015-2016 academic year and each subsequent academic year." Session Laws 2014-100, s. 11.12(c), provides: "The Board of Governors and the State Board of Community Colleges shall each report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee by January 1, 2015, regarding their planned participation in the Yellow Ribbon Program for the 2015-2016 academic year. Each report shall include the following information: "(1) The number and identity of constituent institutions or community colleges that will participate in the Yellow Ribbon Program. "(2) The methodology used by each governing board to select the institutions of higher education that will participate in the Yellow Ribbon Program. "(3) For each institution that will participate, the maximum number of students and the maximum award amount per student. "(4) A list of the institutions of higher education that will not participate in the Yellow Ribbon Program and the reason each institution is not participating." Session Laws 2014-100, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as 'The Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2014.'" Session Laws 2014-100, s. 38.4, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2014-2015 fiscal year, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2014-2015 fiscal year." Session Laws 2014-100, s. 38.7, is a severability clause.