AN ACT relating to education; prohibiting the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada from assessing tuition charges or certain fees against students who are a surviving spouse or child of a person killed in the line of duty as a member of the Armed Forces of the United States; revising certain provisions relating to the waiver of certain fees for public safety officers who are killed in the line of duty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Sponsored By: Duy Nguyen (Democratic), John C. Steinbeck (Republican), Julie Pazina (Democratic), Melanie Scheible (Democratic), Nicole J. Cannizzaro (Democratic), Rochelle T. Nguyen (Democratic)
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College cost help for public-service survivors
Surviving spouses and dependent children of qualifying public safety officers or public employees killed while doing their duties receive college help. The Board of Regents pays registration, lab, and required textbook and course-material costs when money is available. Classes must count toward an undergraduate degree in Nevada's public higher education system. Children must be under 23 when fees are assessed; spouses qualify for fees assessed within 10 years after the death. An officer's fatal travel injuries qualify when a collective bargaining agreement counts travel to or from work as shift time. The law creates the Trust Account for the Education of Dependent Children within the State General Fund. The Board manages the account, which accepts gifts and grants, invests its money, keeps interest, and carries unused funds forward. Each year, the Board estimates available funds and expected payments. It may request State General Fund Contingency Account money when expected payments exceed available funds.
Military survivors get tuition and fee waivers
Nevada's public higher education system cannot charge tuition to surviving spouses or children of service members killed on active duty in the line of duty. It also waives registration, lab, and all other required fees. Fee waivers cover trade, vocational, undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs. Survivors count as Nevada residents for these charges, and the Board of Regents may require proof of survivor status. A child's fee waiver lasts 10 years after turning 18, or after enrollment if enrolled before 18. A spouse's fee waiver lasts 10 years after the service member's death. The tuition exemption has no separately stated time limit.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
Duy Nguyen
Democratic • House
John C. Steinbeck
Republican • Senate
Julie Pazina
Democratic • Senate
Melanie Scheible
Democratic • Senate
Nicole J. Cannizzaro
Democratic • Senate
Rochelle T. Nguyen
Democratic • Senate
Cosponsors
Jeff Stone
Republican • Senate
Lisa Krasner
Republican • Senate
Lori Rogich
Republican • Senate
Michelee "Shelly" Cruz-Crawford
Democratic • Senate
Robin L. Titus
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
Bill Text
As Introduced
Reprint 1
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