SB0065 - Tennessee - Education, Higher, Veterans

Companion Bill HB0015. Education, Higher - Adds new combat activity under which dependent children or spouses of POWs or deceased veterans may qualify for higher education tuition and fee waiver; revises the maximum number of hours for which a waiver may be granted; requires notice of the waiver program to be published in institutional catalogs and class schedules. - Amends TCA Section 49-7-102. Fiscal Summary for *SB0065 / HB0015 Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *SB0065 / HB0015 Under present law, if a Tennessee citizen is killed, died as a direct result of service injuries, or is reported as either a POW or MIA (or was formerly classified as such) while serving in a United States armed force during a qualifying period of armed conflict, then that person's dependent children and spouse qualify for financial aid [...]

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