Resident tuition for military members and family.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and text do not provide additional details about how resident tuition is determined or maintained after enrollment begins, beyond initial admittance.

Resident Tuition for Military Members and Family

The bill allows spouses and children of military members to maintain resident tuition status at Wyoming's universities and community colleges if the military member is transferred out of state.

What This Bill Does

• Amends provisions in current law to ensure that a spouse or child of a uniformed service member who qualifies for resident tuition at the time of admittance to the University of Wyoming or a Wyoming community college will not lose eligibility due to the military member's transfer on orders outside of Wyoming.

Who It Names or Affects

• Spouses and children of military members stationed in Wyoming

Terms To Know

Resident Tuition

The lower cost of college education that residents of a state pay, instead of the higher out-of-state rates.

Uniformed Service Member

A person who serves in any branch of the U.S. military.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill only applies to spouses and children of uniformed service members, not other groups.
• It does not change how resident tuition is determined for non-military residents or students.
• The law takes effect on July 1, 2020.

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 20LSO-0199
Bill No.:

HB0032

Effective:

7/1/2020 12:00:00 AM

LSO No.:

20LSO-0199

Enrolled Act No.:

HEA No. 0034

Chapter No.:

60

Prime Sponsor:

Brown

Catch Title:

Resident tuition for military members and family.

Subject:

Military members and family resident tuition.

Summary/Major Elements:

Current law provides that the University of Wyoming and the Wyoming community colleges are to offer resident tuition rates for specified military members, veterans, and family members.

The act provides that a spouse or child of a uniformed service member who is eligible for resident tuition at the time of admittance to the University of Wyoming or a Wyoming community college will not lose eligibility for resident tuition before the time of enrollment at the university or a community college if the uniformed service member is transferred on military orders outside of Wyoming.

The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.

Current Bill Text

20LSO-0199

ORIGINAL House

Bill No
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HB0032

ENROLLED ACT NO. 34,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2020 Budget Session

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

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

Section 1
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W.S. 21
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105(e)(intro), (ii)(intro) and (g) is 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 2015 summer school session and each semester thereafter,
A
n applicant for resident tuition who is a veteran, eligible individual or covered 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 applicant provides:

(ii)

Documented evidence
before or
at the time of enrollment that:

(g)

A person who has qualified for resident tuition under subsection (e) of this section shall remain qualified in subsequent years if the person pursues one
(1)
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.
A spouse or child of a uniformed service member who is eligible for resident tuition under subsection (e) of this
section at the time of admittance to the University of Wyoming or a Wyoming community college shall not lose eligibility for resident tuition before the time of enrollment at the university or college because the uniformed service member is transferred on military orders outside of this state.

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2020
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