{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-116-144","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 116-144","heading":"Higher tuition to be charged nonresidents.","body":"Unless provided otherwise by law, the Board of Governors shall fix the tuition and required fees charged nonresidents of North Carolina who attend the institutions enumerated in G.S. 116-4 at rates higher than the rates charged residents of North Carolina and comparable to the rates charged nonresident students by comparable public institutions nationwide, except that a person who serves as a graduate teaching assistant or graduate research assistant or in a similar instructional or research assignment and is at the same time enrolled as a graduate student in the same institution may, in the discretion of the Board of Governors, be charged a lower rate fixed by the Board, provided the rate is not lower than the North Carolina resident rate. (1933, c. 320, s. 3; 1983, c. 761, s. 112; 2016-94, s. 11.4(c2).)","path":["Chapter 116. Higher Education.","Article 14. General Provisions as to Tuition and Fees in Certain State Institutions."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_116/GS_116-144.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:17:57Z","sha256":"f1033c14415758c33ff332a95866ffdc9f4c26a37f9c07c0d83b39e9c2b03f5a","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-116-143.11","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-116-145-through-116-148.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}