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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7248
January Session, 2019
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Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Introduced by:
(VA)
AN ACT CONCERNING IN -STATE STUDENT STATUS FOR SPOUSES
AND CHILDREN OF CERT AIN MEMBERS OF THE A RMED FORCES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subdivisions (6) and (7) of section 10a-29 of the general 1
statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 2
(Effective October 1, 2019): 3
(6) (A) A member of the armed forces who is stationed in this state 4
pursuant to military orders shall be entitled to classification as an in-5
state student. 6
(B) The spouse of any person who is a member of the armed forces 7
and stationed in this state pursuant to military orders shall be entitled 8
to classification as an in-state student. The spouse, while in residence 9
after the spouse's acceptance for matriculation at a constituent unit of 10
the state system of higher education in a course of study leading to an 11
associate, bachelor or advanced degree, shall not lose in-state status if 12
the member of the armed forces is thereafter transferred on military 13
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(7) An unemancipated person whose parent is a member of the 15
armed forces and stationed in this state pursuant to military orders 16
shall be entitled to classification as an in-state student. The student, (A) 17
while in continuous attendance toward the degree for which he is 18
currently enrolled, or (B) while in residence after his acceptance for 19
matriculation at a constituent unit of the state system of higher 20
education in a course of study leading to an associate, bachelor or 21
advanced degree, shall not lose [his residence when] in-state status if 22
his parent is thereafter transferred on military orders; 23
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2019 10a-29(6) and (7)
Statement of Purpose:
To allow spouses and children of certain members of the armed forces
to be deemed in-state students for the purposes of certain tuition
charges.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]