NevadaSB23783rd Regular Session (2025)SenateWALLET

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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BDR 34-542

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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

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