AN ACT relating to postsecondary tuition waivers.

Amend KRS 164.515 to make the amount of tuition waived for the spouse or child of designated permanently disabled veterans a last-dollar scholarship that shall not exceed the cost of tuition and mandatory fees less any state or federal grants; amend KRS 164.2841 to make the amount tuition waived for the survivor of police officer, firefighter, or volunteer firefighter killed in line of duty last-dollar scholarship that shall not exceed the cost of tuition and…

Disabilities Education, Finance Education, Higher Firefighters and Fire Departments Police, City and County Police, State Teachers Universities and Colleges Veterans Aged Persons and Aging

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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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