AN ACT relating to disabled veteran benefits.

Amend KRS 164.515 to allow the spouse or a child under the age of 26 of a disabled veteran free tuition at public universities, colleges, or vocational traiing institutions for up to 128 credit hours of undergraduate instruction.

Education, Finance Education, Higher National Guard Veterans

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This bill would have extended free tuition at Kentucky public colleges, universities, and vocational training schools to the spouses and dependent children (under age 26) of disabled veterans. The benefit would cover up to 128 credit hours of undergraduate instruction. Currently, a similar tuition benefit exists, and this change would broaden who in a disabled veteran's family can use it. Who it may affect: spouses and children of disabled veterans, and Kentucky public colleges and universities.

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