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North Carolina / State / 2025 Regular Session

Session Law 2025-72 (Senate Bill 118), section 6 Allowed the Children of Wartime Veterans scholarship to be rationed for 2024-2025 and 2025-2026

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Restricts benefits Lets the scholarship be paid pro rata, with Class II and III awards funded last, when money runs short.

Notwithstanding the scholarship statute, let the Secretary fund Class I-A, I-B and IV awards before Class II and III, let the Authority reduce room and board and private-institution allowances and pay pro rata, allowed Escheat Fund money for additional students, and required award notices to say awards are contingent on available funds. Applies to the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 academic years. Approved July 9, 2025.

Progress

Path to law: Bill in a two-chamber legislature

  1. Introduced Done, Senate
  2. In committee Done, Senate Rules, Judiciary and Finance, then House State and Local Government and Rules
  3. Passed one chamber Done, Senate, 44-0
  4. Passed both chambers Done, Both chambers adopted the conference report
  5. Signed by the governor Done,
  6. In effect Done,

Sponsors

  • Michael A. LazzaraSponsor, Republican, Senate, District 6
  • Vickie SawyerSponsor, Republican, Senate, District 37
  • Warren DanielSponsor, Republican, Senate, District 46
  • Val ApplewhiteCo-sponsor, Democratic, Senate, District 19
  • Bob BrinsonCo-sponsor, Republican, Senate, District 3
  • Danny Earl Britt, Jr.Co-sponsor, Republican, Senate, District 24
  • Jim BurginCo-sponsor, Republican, Senate, District 12
  • Todd JohnsonCo-sponsor, Republican, Senate, District 35
  • Dana JonesCo-sponsor, Republican, Senate, District 31
  • Michael V. LeeCo-sponsor, Republican, Senate, District 7
  • Paul A. Lowe, Jr.Co-sponsor, Democratic, Senate, District 32
  • Paul NewtonCo-sponsor, Republican, Senate, District 34
  • Norman W. SandersonCo-sponsor, Republican, Senate, District 2
  • Benton G. SawreyCo-sponsor, Republican, Senate, District 10

What it touches

  • N.C.G.S. Chapter 143B, Article 14, Part 2

Catalog entry

Official record

Read Session Law 2025-72 (Senate Bill 118), section 6 on the jurisdiction's own record