NC S230

State Board of Education must adopt rules requiring minimum of two excused absences per academic year for children of active duty military members who are on leave from, called to duty for, or have recently returned from deployment to a combat zone or combat support posting, effective with 2019-2020 school year.

Program Evaluation Division shall study occupational licensing provisions for military-trained applicants and military spouses, including criteria expansion, effectiveness of information dissemination, feasibility of military status questions on applications, and continuing education options, with findings due by February 1, 2020.

Local directors of social services must collect information about military affiliation of parents or guardians in abuse, neglect, or dependency cases and may share this information with appropriate military authorities when evidence of abuse or neglect is found.

Wartime veterans scholarship eligibility expanded to include children defined under federal law (37 U.S.C. § 401) rather than previous state-specific residency requirements, with Department of Military and Veterans Affairs to report application numbers by March 30, 2020.

Veterans, dependents of veterans, and other individuals entitled to federal education benefits under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 30 or 33 are eligible for in-state tuition rates at North Carolina higher education institutions without satisfying the 12-month residency requirement, with provisions for transferred GI Bill benefits and Fry Scholarship recipients.