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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5665
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 1598
Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND
EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT
Introduced by:
REP. NAPOLI, 73rd Dist.
AN ACT EXTENDING TUITION WAIVERS TO THE PARENTS OF A
PERSON KILLED IN ACTION WHILE PERFORMING ACTIVE MILITARY
DUTY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That sections 10a-77, 10a-99 and 10a-105 of the general statutes be 1
amended to require the Board of Regents for Higher Education and the 2
Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut to waive the 3
payment of tuition at an institution of higher education under each 4
board's governance for any resident of the state whose child was killed 5
in action while performing active military duty with the armed forces of 6
the United States on or after September 11, 2001. 7
Statement of Purpose:
To provide a tuition waiver at public institutions of higher education for
the parents of a person killed in action while performing active military
duty with the armed forces of the United States.