HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

159

TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO TUITION WAIVERS.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 304A-502, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "[[]§304A-502[]]  Power of regents to grant tuition waivers.  (a)  The board of regents, or its designated representatives, is authorized to grant, modify, or suspend tuition waivers.

     The board may:

     (1)  Waive entirely or reduce the tuition fee or any of the other fees for graduate teaching and research assistants;

     (2)  Enter into agreements with government and university officials of any other state or foreign country to provide for reciprocal waiver of the nonresident tuition and fee differential;

     (3)  Waive the nonresident tuition and fee differential for selected students from Pacific and Asian jurisdictions when their presence would be beneficial to the university or the State;

     (4)  Waive entirely or reduce the tuition fee or any of the other fees for students, resident or nonresident; and

     (5)  Waive the nonresident tuition and fee differential for members in good standing of the following military units, regardless of their actual state of residence:

          (A)  The Hawaii national guard; and

         (B)  The federal reserve components of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard who attend drills with units located within the State.

The board shall determine the percentage of allowable tuition and fee waivers for financial need and other university priorities.  These tuition waivers and waivers of the nonresident tuition and fee differential shall be awarded in accordance with guidelines established by the board.

     (b)  The board of regents shall waive entirely the tuition fee and any other fees for a qualified student who is a resident of the State and a spouse or child of:

     (1)  An eligible veteran or national guard member who became totally disabled as a result of serving in active federal military service; or

     (2)  An active or reserve member of the armed forces or national guard who was killed while engaged in active federal military service; provided that upon remarriage, the surviving spouse of the armed services or national guard member shall no longer be eligible for the fee waivers provided under this subsection."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.


 


 

Report Title:

University of Hawaii; Veterans; Tuition Waiver

 

Description:

Requires the University of Hawaii to waive all tuition and fees for qualified resident students who are the spouse or child of United States Armed Services and National Guard members who are totally disabled or were killed in action.  Effective July 1, 2050.  (HB159 HD1)

 

 

 

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