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Am. H. B. No. 576 As Reported by the House State Government Committee
As Reported by the House State Government Committee
126th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2005-2006 |
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Representatives McGregor, R., Buehrer, Reinhard, Carmichael
A BILLTo amend section 3333.26 of the Revised Code to provide college tuition waivers to spouses and qualifying former spouses of members of the United States armed forces killed in the line of duty in a combat zone after May 7, 1975. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 3333.26 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 3333.26. (A) Any citizen of this state who has
resided
within the state for one year and, who was in the active
service of
the United States as a soldier, sailor, nurse, or
marine between
April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918, and who has
been honorably
discharged from such that service, shall be admitted to
any school,
college, or university that receives state funds in
support
thereof, without being required to pay any tuition or
matriculation fee, but is not relieved from the payment of
laboratory or similar fees. (B)(1) As used in this division: (a) "Volunteer
firefighter" has
the meaning
given as in
division (B)(1) of section 146.01 of the
Revised Code;. (b) "Public service officer" means an Ohio
firefighter,
volunteer
firefighter, police officer,
member of the state highway
patrol, employee
designated to exercise the
powers of police
officers pursuant to section
1545.13 of the
Revised Code, or other
peace officer as
defined by division (B) of
section 2935.01 of the
Revised
Code, or a person holding any
equivalent position in
another state;. (c) "Qualified former spouse" means the former spouse of
a
public service officer, or of a member of the armed services of the United States,
who is the custodial parent of a
minor
child of that marriage pursuant to an order allocating the
parental rights and responsibilities for care of the child
issued
pursuant to section 3109.04 of the Revised
Code. (d) "Operation enduring freedom" means that period of conflict which began October 7, 2001, and ends on a date declared by the president of the United States or the congress.
(e) "Operation
Iraqi freedom" means that period of conflict which began March 20, 2003, and ends on a date declared by the president of the United States or the congress.
(f) "Combat zone" means an area that the president of the United States by executive order designates, for purposes of 26 U.S.C. 112, as an area in which armed forces of the United States are or have engaged in combat. (2) Any resident of this state who is under twenty-six years
of
age, or under thirty years of age if the resident has been
honorably
discharged from the armed services of the United States,
and who
is the child of a public service
officer killed in
the
line of duty or of a member of the armed services of the United States killed in the line of duty during operation enduring freedom or operation Iraqi freedom, and who is admitted to any state university or
college as defined in division (A)(1) of section 3345.12 of the
Revised Code, community college, state community college,
university branch, or technical college, shall not be required to
pay any tuition or any student fee for up to four academic years
of education, which shall be at the undergraduate level.
A child of a member of the armed services of the United States killed in the line of duty during operation enduring freedom or operation Iraqi freedom is eligible for a waiver of tuition and student fees under this division only if the student is not eligible for a war orphans scholarship authorized by Chapter 5910. of the Revised Code. In any year in which the war orphans scholarship board reduces the percentage of tuition covered by a war orphans scholarship below one hundred per cent pursuant to division (A) of section 5910.04 of the Revised Code, the waiver of tuition and student fees under this division for a child of a member of the armed services of the United States killed in the line of duty during operation enduring freedom or operation Iraqi freedom shall be reduced by the same percentage. (3) Any resident of this state who is the spouse or
qualified
former spouse of a public service officer killed in the
line of
duty or of a member of the armed services of the United States killed in the line of duty while serving in a combat zone after May 7, 1975, and who is admitted to any state university or
college as
defined in division (A)(1) of
section 3345.12 of the
Revised
Code, community college, state
community college,
university branch, or technical college,
shall not be required to
pay any tuition or any student fee for
up to four academic years
of education, which shall be at the
undergraduate level. (C) Any institution that is not subject to division (B) of
this section and that holds a valid certificate of registration
issued under Chapter 3332. of the Revised Code, a valid certificate issued under
Chapter 4709. of the Revised Code, or a valid license issued under Chapter 4713. of
the Revised Code, or that is nonprofit and has a certificate of
authorization issued under section 1713.02 of the Revised Code,
or
that is a private institution exempt from regulation under Chapter
3332. of the Revised Code as prescribed in section 3333.046 of the
Revised Code that, which reduces tuition
and student fees of a student
who is
eligible to attend an
institution of higher education under
the
provisions of division
(B) of this section by an amount
indicated
by the Ohio board of
regents shall be eligible to
receive a
grant in that amount from
the board. Each Each institution
that
enrolls students under division
(B) of this section shall
report
to the board, by the first day of
July of each year, the
number of students who were so enrolled and
the average amount of
all such tuition and student fees waived during the
preceding year. The
board shall determine the average amount of
all such tuition
and student
fees waived during the preceding year. The
average amount of the
tuition and student fees waived under division (B) of
this section during
the preceding year shall be the amount of
grants that
participating institutions shall receive under this
division
during the current year, but no grant under this division
shall
exceed the tuition and student fees due and payable by the
student
prior to the reduction referred to in this division.
Such
The grants
shall be made for four years of undergraduate
education of
an
eligible student.
Section 2. That existing section 3333.26 of the Revised Code is hereby repealed.
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