Veterans in-state tuition.

ORIGINAL
Senate
File No
.
SF0101

ENROLLED ACT NO. 46,

SENATE

SIXTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2015 General Session

AN ACT relating to education; amending provisions for resident tuition for military veterans, their spouses and children as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
.

W.S. 21
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17
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105
(
e)
(intro), (
i
)(intro), (ii) and (g) and 21
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202(a)(iii) are
amended to read:

21
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105
.

Tuition to be as nearly free as possible; number, qualifications and selection of students for reduced tuition; tuition for veterans
, their spouses and children
; reciprocal residency.

(e)

Effective for the
2014

2015
summer school session and each semester thereafter,
any person who is a

military veteran who does not qualify as a resident pursuant to subsection (d) of this section

a
n applicant for resident tuition who is a
veteran
or eligible individual
, as
described
in 38 U.S.C. 3679
(c
)(
2)
,

shall qualify as a resident for purposes of tuition at the University of Wyoming or Wyoming community college if the
person

applicant
provides:

(
i
)

A c
ertificate or other evidence of

honorable discharge from

the veteran's qualifying service in

the uniformed services of the United States
;
:

(ii)

Documented evidence
at the time of enrollment

that
:
the veteran
has taken steps
to establish residency in Wyoming
.

(A)

The applicant for resident tuition
intends to live in
Wyoming
during the term of enrollment
;

(B)

The veteran
was discharged or released from a
qualifying
period of service in the active military, naval or air service before the date of enrollment
;

(C)

If the applicant is a spouse or child of the veteran, the applicant is a transferee pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 3311(b
)(
9) or 3319 of the veteran's eligibility for educational benefits
.

(g)

Once a military veteran
A person who
has qualified for resident tuition under subsection (e) of this section
, the veteran
shall remain qualified in subsequent years
upon complying with paragraph (c)(ii) of this section
if the person pursues one or more courses of education while remaining continuously enrolled, other than during regularly scheduled breaks, lives in the state during the term of enrollment and, if the person is eligible through a transfer of eligibility pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 3319, the transfer has not been validly revoked.

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Powers and duties of the commission.

(a)

The commission shall perform the following general functions:

(iii)

Establish residency requirements, which shall include provisions for military veterans
, their spouses and children
consistent with the requirements of W.S. 21
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17
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105(
e);

Section 2
.

This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

(END)

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