Connecticut 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB07062 Compare Versions

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7	7	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7062
8	8	January Session, 2019
9	9	LCO No. 3529
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12	12	Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
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15	15	Introduced by:
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21	21	AN ACT CONCERNING TU ITION WAIVERS AT PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
22	22	OF HIGHER EDUCATION FOR FAMILY MEMBERS O F VETERANS
23	23	AND GOLD STAR FAMILY MEMBERS.
24	24	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
25	25	Assembly convened:
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27	27	Section 1. Subsection (d) of section 10a-77 of the general statutes is 1
28	28	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 2
29	29	1, 2019): 3
30	30	(d) Said board of trustees shall waive the payment of tuition at any 4
31	31	of the regional community-technical colleges (1) for any dependent 5
32	32	child of a person whom the armed forces of the United States has 6
33	33	declared to be missing in action or to have been a prisoner of war 7
34	34	while serving in such armed forces after January 1, 1960, which child 8
35	35	has been accepted for admission to such institution and is a resident of 9
36	36	the state at the time such child is accepted for admission to such 10
37	37	institution, (2) subject to the provisions of subsection (e) of this section, 11
38	38	for any (A) veteran who performed service in time of war, as defined 12
39	39	in section 27-103, or (B) person with a qualifying condition, as defined 13
40	40	in said section, who has received a discharge other than bad conduct 14 Raised Bill No. 7062
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46	46	or dishonorable from active service in the armed forces and who 15
47	47	performed service in time of war, except that for purposes of this 16
48	48	subsection, "service in time of war" shall not include time spent in 17
49	49	attendance at a military service academy, which veteran or person has 18
50	50	been accepted for admission to such institution and is domiciled in this 19
51	51	state at the time such veteran or person is accepted for admission to 20
52	52	such institution, (3) for any resident of the state sixty-two years of age 21
53	53	or older, provided, at the end of the regular registration period, there 22
54	54	are enrolled in the course a sufficient number of students other than 23
55	55	those residents eligible for waivers pursuant to this subdivision to 24
56	56	offer the course in which such resident intends to enroll and there is 25
57	57	space available in such course after accommodating all such students, 26
58	58	(4) for any student attending the Connecticut State Police Academy 27
59	59	who is enrolled in a law enforcement program at said academy offered 28
60	60	in coordination with a regional community-technical college which 29
61	61	accredits courses taken in such program, (5) for any active member of 30
62	62	the Connecticut Army or Air National Guard who (A) has been 31
63	63	certified by the Adjutant General or such Adjutant General's designee 32
64	64	as a member in good standing of the guard, and (B) is enrolled or 33
65	65	accepted for admission to such institution on a full-time or part-time 34
66	66	basis in an undergraduate degree-granting program, (6) for any 35
67	67	dependent child of a (A) police officer, as defined in section 7-294a, or 36
68	68	supernumerary or auxiliary police officer, (B) firefighter, as defined in 37
69	69	section 7-323j, or member of a volunteer fire company, (C) municipal 38
70	70	employee, or (D) state employee, as defined in section 5-154, killed in 39
71	71	the line of duty, (7) for any resident of the state who is a dependent 40
72	72	child or surviving spouse of a specified terrorist victim who was a 41
73	73	resident of this state, (8) for any dependent child of a resident of the 42
74	74	state who was killed in a multivehicle crash at or near the intersection 43
75	75	of Routes 44 and 10 and Nod Road in Avon on July 29, 2005, [and] (9) 44
76	76	for any resident of the state who is a dependent child or surviving 45
77	77	spouse of a person who was killed in action while performing active 46
78	78	military duty with the armed forces of the United States on or after 47
79	79	September 11, 2001, and who was a resident of this state, (10) for any 48
80	80	resident of the state who is a dependent child of a veteran entitled to a 49 Raised Bill No. 7062
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86	86	tuition waiver under subdivision (2) of this subsection, which 50
87	87	dependent child is not also entitled to a tuition waiver under 51
88	88	subdivision (1) of this section, except that the number of semesters for 52
89	89	which such dependent child may receive any such tuition waiver shall 53
90	90	be calculated by subtracting from eight the number of semesters such 54
91	91	veteran received such tuition waiver, and (11) for any resident of the 55
92	92	state who is a parent whose child was killed in action or the surviving 56
93	93	spouse of a person who was killed in action while performing active 57
94	94	military duty with the armed forces of the United States. If any person 58
95	95	who receives a tuition waiver in accordance with the provisions of this 59
96	96	subsection also receives educational reimbursement from an employer, 60
97	97	such waiver shall be reduced by the amount of such educational 61
98	98	reimbursement. Veterans and persons described in subdivision (2) of 62
99	99	this subsection and members of the National Guard described in 63
100	100	subdivision (5) of this subsection shall be given the same status as 64
101	101	students not receiving tuition waivers in registering for courses at 65
102	102	regional community-technical colleges. Notwithstanding the 66
103	103	provisions of section 10a-30, as used in this subsection, "domiciled in 67
104	104	this state" includes domicile for less than one year. 68
105	105	Sec. 2. Subsection (d) of section 10a-99 of the general statutes is 69
106	106	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 70
107	107	1, 2019): 71
108	108	(d) Said board shall waive the payment of tuition fees at the 72
109	109	Connecticut State University System (1) for any dependent child of a 73
110	110	person whom the armed forces of the United States has declared to be 74
111	111	missing in action or to have been a prisoner of war while serving in 75
112	112	such armed forces after January 1, 1960, which child has been accepted 76
113	113	for admission to such institution and is a resident of the state at the 77
114	114	time such child is accepted for admission to such institution, (2) subject 78
115	115	to the provisions of subsection (e) of this section, for any (A) veteran 79
116	116	who performed service in time of war, as defined in section 27-103, or 80
117	117	(B) person with a qualifying condition, as defined in said section, who 81
118	118	has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from 82
119	119	active service in the armed forces and who performed service in time 83 Raised Bill No. 7062
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125	125	of war, except that for purposes of this subsection, "service in time of 84
126	126	war" shall not include time spent in attendance at a military service 85
127	127	academy, which veteran or person has been accepted for admission to 86
128	128	such institution and is domiciled in this state at the time such veteran 87
129	129	or person is accepted for admission to such institution, (3) for any 88
130	130	resident of the state sixty-two years of age or older who has been 89
131	131	accepted for admission to such institution, provided (A) such resident 90
132	132	is enrolled in a degree-granting program, or (B) at the end of the 91
133	133	regular registration period, there are enrolled in the course a sufficient 92
134	134	number of students other than those residents eligible for waivers 93
135	135	pursuant to this subdivision to offer the course in which such resident 94
136	136	intends to enroll and there is space available in such course after 95
137	137	accommodating all such students, (4) for any student attending the 96
138	138	Connecticut Police Academy who is enrolled in a law enforcement 97
139	139	program at said academy offered in coordination with the university 98
140	140	which accredits courses taken in such program, (5) for any active 99
141	141	member of the Connecticut Army or Air National Guard who (A) has 100
142	142	been certified by the Adjutant General or such Adjutant General's 101
143	143	designee as a member in good standing of the guard, and (B) is 102
144	144	enrolled or accepted for admission to such institution on a full-time or 103
145	145	part-time basis in an undergraduate or graduate degree-granting 104
146	146	program, (6) for any dependent child of a (A) police officer, as defined 105
147	147	in section 7-294a, or supernumerary or auxiliary police officer, (B) 106
148	148	firefighter, as defined in section 7-323j, or member of a volunteer fire 107
149	149	company, (C) municipal employee, or (D) state employee, as defined in 108
150	150	section 5-154, killed in the line of duty, (7) for any resident of this state 109
151	151	who is a dependent child or surviving spouse of a specified terrorist 110
152	152	victim who was a resident of the state, (8) for any dependent child of a 111
153	153	resident of the state who was killed in a multivehicle crash at or near 112
154	154	the intersection of Routes 44 and 10 and Nod Road in Avon on July 29, 113
155	155	2005, [and] (9) for any resident of the state who is a dependent child or 114
156	156	surviving spouse of a person who was killed in action while 115
157	157	performing active military duty with the armed forces of the United 116
158	158	States on or after September 11, 2001, and who was a resident of this 117
159	159	state, (10) for any resident of the state who is a dependent child of a 118 Raised Bill No. 7062
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165	165	veteran entitled to a tuition waiver under subdivision (2) of this 119
166	166	subsection, which dependent child is not also entitled to a tuition 120
167	167	waiver under subdivision (1) of this subsection, except that the number 121
168	168	of semesters for which such dependent child may receive any such 122
169	169	tuition waiver shall be calculated by subtracting from eight the 123
170	170	number of semesters such veteran received such tuition waiver, and 124
171	171	(11) for any resident of the state who is a parent whose child was killed 125
172	172	in action or the surviving spouse of a person who was killed in action 126
173	173	while performing active military duty with the armed forces of the 127
174	174	United States. If any person who receives a tuition waiver in 128
175	175	accordance with the provisions of this subsection also receives 129
176	176	educational reimbursement from an employer, such waiver shall be 130
177	177	reduced by the amount of such educational reimbursement. Veterans 131
178	178	and persons described in subdivision (2) of this subsection and 132
179	179	members of the National Guard described in subdivision (5) of this 133
180	180	subsection shall be given the same status as students not receiving 134
181	181	tuition waivers in registering for courses at Connecticut state 135
182	182	universities. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10a-30, as used 136
183	183	in this subsection, "domiciled in this state" includes domicile for less 137
184	184	than one year. 138
185	185	Sec. 3. Subsection (e) of section 10a-105 of the general statutes is 139
186	186	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 140
187	187	1, 2019): 141
188	188	(e) Said board of trustees shall waive the payment of tuition fees at 142
189	189	The University of Connecticut (1) for any dependent child of a person 143
190	190	whom the armed forces of the United States has declared to be missing 144
191	191	in action or to have been a prisoner of war while serving in such armed 145
192	192	forces after January 1, 1960, which child has been accepted for 146
193	193	admission to The University of Connecticut and is a resident of the 147
194	194	state at the time such child is accepted for admission to said institution, 148
195	195	(2) subject to the provisions of subsection (f) of this section, for any (A) 149
196	196	veteran who performed service in time of war, as defined in section 27-150
197	197	103, or (B) person with a qualifying condition, as defined in said 151
198	198	section, who has received a discharge other than bad conduct or 152 Raised Bill No. 7062
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204	204	dishonorable from active service in the armed forces and who 153
205	205	performed service in time of war, except that for purposes of this 154
206	206	subsection, "service in time of war" shall not include time spent in 155
207	207	attendance at a military service academy, which veteran or person has 156
208	208	been accepted for admission to said institution and is domiciled in this 157
209	209	state at the time such veteran or person is accepted for admission to 158
210	210	said institution, (3) for any resident of the state sixty-two years of age 159
211	211	or older who has been accepted for admission to said institution, 160
212	212	provided (A) such resident is enrolled in a degree-granting program, 161
213	213	or (B) at the end of the regular registration period, there are enrolled in 162
214	214	the course a sufficient number of students other than those residents 163
215	215	eligible for waivers pursuant to this subdivision to offer the course in 164
216	216	which such resident intends to enroll and there is space available in 165
217	217	such course after accommodating all such students, (4) for any active 166
218	218	member of the Connecticut Army or Air National Guard who (A) has 167
219	219	been certified by the Adjutant General or such Adjutant General's 168
220	220	designee as a member in good standing of the guard, and (B) is 169
221	221	enrolled or accepted for admission to said institution on a full-time or 170
222	222	part-time basis in an undergraduate or graduate degree-granting 171
223	223	program, (5) for any dependent child of a (A) police officer, as defined 172
224	224	in section 7-294a, or supernumerary or auxiliary police officer, (B) 173
225	225	firefighter, as defined in section 7-323j, or member of a volunteer fire 174
226	226	company, (C) municipal employee, or (D) state employee, as defined in 175
227	227	section 5-154, killed in the line of duty, (6) for any resident of the state 176
228	228	who is the dependent child or surviving spouse of a specified terrorist 177
229	229	victim who was a resident of the state, (7) for any dependent child of a 178
230	230	resident of the state who was killed in a multivehicle crash at or near 179
231	231	the intersection of Routes 44 and 10 and Nod Road in Avon on July 29, 180
232	232	2005, [and] (8) for any resident of the state who is a dependent child or 181
233	233	surviving spouse of a person who was killed in action while 182
234	234	performing active military duty with the armed forces of the United 183
235	235	States on or after September 11, 2001, and who was a resident of this 184
236	236	state, (9) for any resident of the state who is a dependent child of a 185
237	237	veteran entitled to a tuition waiver under subdivision (2) of this 186
238	238	subsection, which dependent child is not also entitled to a tuition 187 Raised Bill No. 7062
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244	244	waiver under subdivision (1) of this subsection, except that the number 188
245	245	of semesters for which such dependent child may receive any such 189
246	246	tuition waiver shall be calculated by subtracting from eight the 190
247	247	number of semesters such veteran received such tuition waiver, and 191
248	248	(10) for any resident of the state who is a parent whose child was killed 192
249	249	in action or the surviving spouse of a person who was killed in action 193
250	250	while performing active military duty with the armed forces of the 194
251	251	United States. If any person who receives a tuition waiver in 195
252	252	accordance with the provisions of this subsection also receives 196
253	253	educational reimbursement from an employer, such waiver shall be 197
254	254	reduced by the amount of such educational reimbursement. Veterans 198
255	255	and persons described in subdivision (2) of this subsection and 199
256	256	members of the National Guard described in subdivision (4) of this 200
257	257	subsection shall be given the same status as students not receiving 201
258	258	tuition waivers in registering for courses at The University of 202
259	259	Connecticut. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10a-30, as used 203
260	260	in this subsection, "domiciled in this state" includes domicile for less 204
261	261	than one year. 205
262	262	Sec. 4. Section 10a-143 of the general statutes is amended by adding 206
263	263	subsections (h) and (i) as follows (Effective July 1, 2019): 207
264	264	(NEW) (h) The Board of Regents for Higher Education shall waive 208
265	265	the payment of course enrollment fees at Charter Oak State College (1) 209
266	266	for any dependent child of a person whom the armed forces of the 210
267	267	United States has declared to be missing in action or to have been a 211
268	268	prisoner of war while serving in such armed forces after January 1, 212
269	269	1960, which child has been accepted for admission to such institution 213
270	270	and is a resident of the state at the time such child is accepted for 214
271	271	admission to such institution, (2) subject to the provisions of 215
272	272	subsection (i) of this section, for any (A) veteran who performed 216
273	273	service in time of war, as defined in section 27-103, or (B) person with a 217
274	274	qualifying condition, as defined in said section, who has received a 218
275	275	discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from active service 219
276	276	in the armed forces and who performed service in time of war, except 220
277	277	that for purposes of this subsection, "service in time of war" shall not 221 Raised Bill No. 7062
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283	283	include time spent in attendance at a military service academy, which 222
284	284	veteran or person has been accepted for admission to such institution 223
285	285	and is domiciled in this state at the time such veteran or person is 224
286	286	accepted for admission to such institution, (3) for any resident of the 225
287	287	state sixty-two years of age or older, provided, at the end of the regular 226
288	288	registration period, there are enrolled in the course a sufficient number 227
289	289	of students other than those residents eligible for waivers pursuant to 228
290	290	this subdivision to offer the course in which such resident intends to 229
291	291	enroll and there is space available in such course after accommodating 230
292	292	all such students, (4) for any student attending the Connecticut State 231
293	293	Police Academy who is enrolled in a law enforcement program at said 232
294	294	academy offered in coordination with a regional community-technical 233
295	295	college which accredits courses taken in such program, (5) for any 234
296	296	active member of the Connecticut Army or Air National Guard who 235
297	297	(A) has been certified by the Adjutant General or such Adjutant 236
298	298	General's designee as a member in good standing of the guard, and (B) 237
299	299	is enrolled or accepted for admission to such institution on a full-time 238
300	300	or part-time basis in an undergraduate degree-granting program, (6) 239
301	301	for any dependent child of a (A) police officer, as defined in section 7-240
302	302	294a, or supernumerary or auxiliary police officer, (B) firefighter, as 241
303	303	defined in section 7-323j, or member of a volunteer fire company, (C) 242
304	304	municipal employee, or (D) state employee, as defined in section 5-154, 243
305	305	killed in the line of duty, (7) for any resident of the state who is a 244
306	306	dependent child or surviving spouse of a specified terrorist victim who 245
307	307	was a resident of this state, (8) for any dependent child of a resident of 246
308	308	the state who was killed in a multivehicle crash at or near the 247
309	309	intersection of Routes 44 and 10 and Nod Road in Avon on July 29, 248
310	310	2005, (9) for any resident of the state who is a dependent child or 249
311	311	surviving spouse of a person who was killed in action while 250
312	312	performing active military duty with the armed forces of the United 251
313	313	States on or after September 11, 2001, and who was a resident of this 252
314	314	state, (10) for any resident of the state who is a dependent child of a 253
315	315	veteran entitled to a tuition waiver under subdivision (2) of this 254
316	316	subsection, which dependent child is not also entitled to a tuition 255
317	317	waiver under subdivision (1) of this section, except that the number of 256 Raised Bill No. 7062
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323	323	semesters for which such dependent child may receive any such 257
324	324	tuition waiver shall be calculated by subtracting from eight the 258
325	325	number of semesters such veteran received such tuition waiver, and 259
326	326	(11) for any resident of the state who is a parent whose child was killed 260
327	327	in action or the surviving spouse of a person who was killed in action 261
328	328	while performing active military duty with the armed forces of the 262
329	329	United States. If any person who receives a tuition waiver in 263
330	330	accordance with the provisions of this subsection also receives 264
331	331	educational reimbursement from an employer, such waiver shall be 265
332	332	reduced by the amount of such educational reimbursement. Veterans 266
333	333	and persons described in subdivision (2) of this subsection and 267
334	334	members of the National Guard described in subdivision (5) of this 268
335	335	subsection shall be given the same status as students not receiving 269
336	336	tuition waivers in registering for courses at Charter Oak State College. 270
337	337	As used in this subsection, "domiciled in this state" includes domicile 271
338	338	for less than one year. 272
339	339	(NEW) (i) (1) If any veteran described in subsection (h) of this 273
340	340	section has applied for federal educational assistance under the Post-274
341	341	9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008, the Board of 275
342	342	Regents for Higher Education shall waive the payment of tuition at 276
343	343	Charter Oak State College for such veteran in accordance with 277
344	344	subdivision (2) of this subsection. If any such veteran certifies to said 278
345	345	Board of Regents for Higher Education that such veteran's application 279
346	346	for such federal educational assistance has been denied or withdrawn, 280
347	347	said Board of Regents for Higher Education shall waive the payment 281
348	348	of tuition in accordance with subsection (h) of this section. 282
349	349	(2) (A) For purposes of this subdivision, "veteran tuition benefit" 283
350	350	means the portion of federal educational assistance under the Post-284
351	351	9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 to be paid to Charter 285
352	352	Oak State College on behalf of a veteran that represents payment for 286
353	353	tuition. Such portion shall be calculated by multiplying (i) the total 287
354	354	amount of such federal educational assistance to be paid to Charter 288
355	355	Oak State College on behalf of such veteran by (ii) an amount obtained 289
356	356	by dividing (I) the actual tuition charged by Charter Oak State College 290 Raised Bill No. 7062
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362	362	to such veteran by (II) the sum of the actual tuition and fees charged by 291
363	363	Charter Oak State College to such veteran. 292
364	364	(B) Said Board of Regents for Higher Education shall waive the 293
365	365	payment of tuition in excess of the veteran tuition benefit at Charter 294
366	366	Oak State College for such veteran. 295
367	367	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
368	368	sections:
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370	370	Section 1 July 1, 2019 10a-77(d)
371	371	Sec. 2 July 1, 2019 10a-99(d)
372	372	Sec. 3 July 1, 2019 10a-105(e)
373	373	Sec. 4 July 1, 2019 10a-143
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375	375	Statement of Purpose:
376	376	To permit the dependent child of a veteran to receive a tuition fee
377	377	waiver when such veteran is entitled to such waiver but has received
378	378	fewer than eight semesters' worth of such waiver, and to permit the
379	379	parent of a child who was killed in action or the surviving spouse of a
380	380	person who was killed in action to receive a tuition fee waiver.
381	381	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
382	382	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
383	383	not underlined.]
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