§ 116-21.3. Legislative tuition grant limitations.
§ 116‑21.3. Legislativetuition grant limitations.
(a) For purposes ofthis section, an "off‑campus program" is any program offeredfor degree credit away from the institution's main permanent campus.
(b) No legislativetuition grant funds shall be expended for a program at an off‑campus siteof a private institution, as defined in G.S. 116‑22(1), established afterMay 15, 1987, unless (i) the private institution offering the program haspreviously notified and secured agreement from other private institutionsoperating degree programs in the county in which the off‑campus programis located or operating in the counties adjacent to that county or (ii) thedegree program is neither available nor planned in the county with the off‑campussite or in the counties adjacent to that county.
(c) Any member of thearmed services, as defined in G.S. 116‑143.3(a), abiding in this Stateincident to active military duty, who does not qualify as a resident fortuition purposes, as defined under G.S. 116‑143.1, is eligible for alegislative tuition grant pursuant to this section if the member is enrolled asa full‑time undergraduate student or as a licensure student. The member'slegislative tuition grant shall not exceed the cost of tuition less any tuitionassistance paid by the member's employer.
(d) A legislativetuition grant authorized under G.S. 116‑21.2(a) shall be reduced bytwenty‑five percent (25%) for any individual student who has completed140 semester credit hours or the equivalent of 140 semester credit hours. (2001‑424, s. 31.1(a);2006‑66, s. 9.13(e).)