AN ACT relating to postsecondary tuition waivers.

This bill changes how Kentucky calculates tuition waivers for certain groups already eligible to receive them. For survivors and dependents of permanently disabled or deceased veterans, and for survivors of police officers and firefighters killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty, the waiver would be restructured as a "last-dollar" scholarship, meaning it would cover tuition and mandatory fees only after other state or federal grants are applied first. The bill also removes an…

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