HB 110 North Carolina House · 2025-2026 Session

National Guard Student Loan Repayment Program.

House Bill 110 establishes the National Guard Student Loan Repayment Program in North Carolina. This program provides student loan repayment awards to active members of the North Carolina National Guard, incentivizing them to begin or complete a term of service of at least three years. Awards cannot exceed the recipient's total student loan debt or $50,000 for a three-year service term, with potential for additional funds for longer service. Recipients must sign an agreement to repay a portion of the award if they voluntarily terminate their service early. The bill appropriates over $25.5 million to a new fund for the program for the 2025-2026 fiscal year.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 12, 2025 Last action Apr 29, 2025

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Edition 1 → Edition 2 · 5 edits

MODERATE

This bill revision adds clarity to the repayment terms for National Guard members who leave service early and clarifies when repayment obligations apply. The changes specify that repayment is only required if service ends voluntarily or due to misconduct, and they clarify the calculation method for repayment amounts. These modifications aim to make the program's obligations more transparent and potentially reduce repayment burdens for members who leave for reasons beyond their control.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains the same, but the conditions under which repayment obligations apply have been clarified to exclude involuntary departures not related to misconduct.

REQUIREMENT

Added language specifying that repayment obligations only apply if service is terminated voluntarily or involuntarily due to misconduct, removing the previous ambiguity about involuntary departures.

Clarified that repayment agreements must contain terms no less favorable than the original loan agreement that was paid off by the award.

TECHNICAL

Changed 'term of service' to 'initial three-year term of service' to clarify the baseline period for the fifty thousand dollar award limit.

Removed the phrase 'except that recipients serving a term of service exceeding three years in length may receive up to an additional ten thousand dollars' which was redundant after the clarification.

Updated the page header from 'First Edition' to 'Second Edition' to reflect the committee substitute version.

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Committee

Apr 29, 2025

Committee

Re-ref Com On Appropriations

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Apr 29, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reptd Fav Com Substitute

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Feb 13, 2025

Committee

Ref to the Com on Homeland Security and Military and Veterans Affairs, if favorable, Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

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Feb 12, 2025

Introduced

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3 primary · 32 co-sponsors