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Sponsored By: Vincent A.V. Borja (Republican)
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The law creates tuition waivers at the University of Guam and Guam Community College for qualifying veterans and dependent spouses or children. Benefits cannot begin before April 1, 2026. Veterans must have been Guam residents and declared Guam as their home of record when entering the U.S. Armed Forces. They must also be legal Guam residents when applying and meet active-duty service and non-dishonorable discharge requirements. Eligibility also includes specified historical military units and qualifying Guam National Guard or Reserve members. Dependent spouses and children must have been claimed on the preceding year's federal tax return. Children must be 25 or younger on the term's first day. Each veteran gets up to 90 lifetime undergraduate credit hours, which can be shared with eligible dependents. Each recipient is limited to 18 waived credit hours per semester. Graduate waivers cover up to 30 lifetime credit hours, generally for master's programs. Professional doctoral programs qualify only when the Commission on Postsecondary Education designates them as critical workforce shortage areas. Students must be admitted and enrolled, maintain satisfactory academic progress, and meet minimum cumulative grades: 2.5 undergraduate or 3.0 graduate GPA. They must first exhaust applicable federal veterans' education benefits and other federal tuition assistance, including Title IV student aid. Applicants cannot be in default on a student loan made or guaranteed by Guam's government. Waivers cover course-enrollment tuition, not student activity fees, laboratory charges, books, materials, or other incidental costs. A repeated course can receive a waiver for only one additional attempt. Admission is not guaranteed, and waivers depend on institutional capacity and program enrollment limits. Seats must remain after tuition-paying students register; waivers cannot displace them or bypass their course waitlists. Tuition-paying students include those using loans, federal tuition assistance, scholarships, or tuition waivers. The program uses existing waiver capacity without new appropriations. The Commission sets capacity, eligibility verification, repayment, and other program rules. The colleges manage applications and enrollment timelines, with veterans-affairs verification help available on request. Each college must report to Guam's legislature within 90 days after each academic year's end. Reports cover beneficiary counts, waived credits and tuition value, degree programs, failed or withdrawn credits, and repayments.
Once the program begins, waiver recipients must repay tuition for any covered course they fail or withdraw from. This applies to veterans and eligible dependents receiving waivers. Benefits cannot begin before April 1, 2026. The Commission on Postsecondary Education can excuse repayment for good cause under its rules. Colleges must put repayments into their Student Financial Aid Program funds.
Vincent A.V. Borja
Republican • legislature
Eulogio Shawn Gumataotao
Republican • legislature
Frank F. Blas Jr.
Republican • legislature
Sabrina Salas Matanane
Republican • legislature
Shelly V. Calvo
Republican • legislature
Tina Rose Muña-Barnes
Democrat • legislature
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legislature vote • 1/29/2026
Floor Vote
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Public Law 38-99 — lapsed
Committee report filed
Public hearing held
Fiscal note filed
Referred to committee
Introduced as Bill No. 202-38 (COR)
Transmitted to Governor
Introduced
10/9/2025
Committee Report
Enrolled (Public Law)
Transmittal
Bill No. 41-38 (COR), AN ACT TO ADD A NEW (j) TO § 80105 OF CHAPTER 80, TITLE 21 GUAM CODE ANNOTATED RELATIVE TO TRANSFERRING LOT NOS. 7100, 7102, 7103 AND 7146 IN JANOM, IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF YIGO, GUAM, TO THE GUAM ANCESTRAL LAND USE COMMISSION.
Bill No. 225-38 (COR), AN ACT TO AMEND § 58110 OF ARTICLE 1, AND TO AMEND § 58205 OF ARTICLE 2, BOTH OF CHAPTER 58, TITLE 12, GUAM CODE ANNOTATED, RELATIVE TO EXPANDING PUBLIC INVESTMENTS AND COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS UNDER GUAM’S QUALIFYING CERTIFICATES LAW TO INCLUDE EMERGENCY RESPONSE RESOURCES.
Bill No. 159-38 (COR), AN ACT TO ADD A NEW PARAGRAPH (o) TO § 61531 OF CHAPTER 61, TITLE 21, GUAM CODE ANNOTATED RELATIVE TO GRANTING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS TO DETERMINE THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES REQUIRED FOR HOMELESS SHELTERS.
Bill No. 1 (10-S), AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE OPERATIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE, AND JUDICIAL BRANCHES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF GUAM FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2027, MAKING OTHER APPROPRIATIONS, AND ESTABLISHING MISCELLANEOUS AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.
Bill No. 309-38 (COR), AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 18 OF CHAPTER II OF PUBLIC LAW 38-60, RELATIVE TO GRANTING GREATER FLEXIBILITY TO THE GUAM DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO UTILIZE LAPSED FUNDS.
Bill No. 1 (9-S), AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FROM FISCAL YEAR 2026 UNAPPROPRIATED GENERAL FUND REVENUES THE SUM OF UP TO THIRTEEN MILLION THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY-NINE DOLLARS ($13,361,849) TO I MAGA’HAGAN GUAHAN FOR SUPER TYPHOON BAVI RESPONSE AND RECOVERY, ELEVEN MILLION FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($11,400,000) FOR CHILD CARE SUBSIDY PAYMENTS, AND SEVENTEEN MILLION SIX HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS ($17,654,625) FOR GUAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS AND SHORTFALLS.