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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 7248
January Session, 2019
AN ACT CONCERNING IN -STATE STUDENT STATUS FOR SPOUSES
AND CHILDREN OF CERT AIN MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 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statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 2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 classification as 12
an in-state student if the member of the armed forces is thereafter 13
transferred on military orders; 14
(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] the 18
student is currently enrolled, or (B) while in residence after his or her 19 Substitute Bill No. 7248
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acceptance for matriculation at a constituent unit of the state system of 20
higher education in a course of study leading to an associate, bachelor 21
or advanced degree, shall not lose [his residence when] classification as 22
an in-state student if his or her parent is thereafter transferred on 23
military orders; 24
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 Legislative Commissioners:
In Subdiv. (7), "he" was changed to "[he] the student" and "or her" was
inserted for consistency drafting conventions, and "in-state status" was
changed to "classification as an in-state student" for internal
consistency.
VA Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO