Certain North Carolina teachers may be eligible to pay the in-state tuition rate even if they do not qualify as residents for tuition purposes under G. S. 116-143.1. North Carolina teacher applicants may receive this benefit for courses “relevant to teacher certification or to professional development as a teacher” and must be approved by the principal of the teacher's school.

To qualify, an applicant must be a teacher or other person paid on the North Carolina Teacher Salary Schedule incident to full-time employment by a North Carolina public school. “Full-time employment” means the employee's duties qualify him/her for membership in the Teacher's and State Employees' Retirement System or would so qualify the employee if he/she were employed on a permanent basis. Applicants must qualify academically for admission to any school of UNC-CH.

Additionally, to be eligible he or she must be a North Carolina legal resident (domiciliary) and must have established North Carolina domicile before the commencement of the approved course(s). He or she does not have to be a resident for tuition purposes as described in earlier sections.

To apply for the benefit, applicants must submit the following documents to the proper admissions office no later than the first day of classes of the term for which this benefit is sought:

• A completed N.C. Teachers Tuition Benefit application
  
  
• A completed “Principal's Declaration for In-State tuition benefit for N.C. Teachers”, and
  
  
• A four-page application for resident tuition status.

For a detailed explanation of the teacher's tuition benefit law and to acquire application forms, applicants should contact the appropriate admissions office. The North Carolina Residence Manual and other information concerning the application of this law are available on reserve at the Undergraduate Library, Health Sciences Library, all Admissions Offices, and the Residence Status Committee office.

Appeals of Eligibility determinations by Admissions Offices must be in writing, signed by the student, and must be filed by the student/applicant with that admissions officer within fifteen working days after the student receives notice of the eligibility determination. The appeal is submitted to the residence status committee by that officer, who does not vote in that committee on the disposition of such appeal. The student is notified of the date set for consideration of the appeal, and on request by the student, is afforded an opportunity to appear and be heard by the committee.

Any student desiring to appeal a determination of the Residence Status Committee must give written notice of that fact to the chairman of the Residence status committee within ten days of receipt of the committee's decision. The chairman will promptly process the appeal for transmittal to the State Residence Committee.