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No more tuition boost for lingering college students in NC

The surcharge had cost students who take more than four years to complete their degrees 50 percent more.

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UNC Chapel Hill Old Well
By
Travis Fain
, WRAL statehouse reporter
RALEIGH, N.C. — The state's tuition surcharge on college students who take too long to graduate has been repealed.

Gov. Roy Cooper signed the change into law Wednesday, adding his support to a bill that moved almost unanimously through the General Assembly this year. The change is effective immediately.

Cooper also signed eight other bills from this ongoing legislative session into law Wednesday, including one that expands the state's "right to try" laws to include treatments with adult stem cells for both chronically and terminally ill patients.

Under the surcharge, students taking more than 140 credit hours to complete a four-year baccalaureate degree paid 50 percent more tuition once they crossed that threshold. The surcharge was first passed in 1993, and it increased to 50 percent in 2010.

A full list of the bill's Cooper signed Wednesday, per the Governor's Office:

  • Senate Bill 225: Repeal Tuition Surcharge
  • House Bill 537: Alternate Highway Use Tax Vehicle Subscriptions
  • House Bill 934: Right to Try Adult Stem Cell Treatments
  • Senate Bill 219: Modify Teacher Licensing Requirements
  • Senate Bill 55: Continuing Education for General Contractors
  • Senate Bill 483: Vacation Rental Act Changes
  • Senate Bill 610: Authorize Northern Peaks Trail
  • Senate Bill 95: Veterans Memorial Funds/ Do Not Revert
  • Senate Bill 556: GSC People First Language 2019

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