ENGROSSED
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
Senate Bill No. 18
(By Senators Bailey, Dempsey, Sharpe, Minard, Hunter and Love)
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[Originating in the Committee on Education;
reported February 24, 2006.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact §18B-10-7 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to granting tuition waivers to the
children and spouses of parole and probation officers killed
in the line of duty.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §18B-10-7 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 10. FEES AND OTHER MONEY COLLECTED AT STATE INSTITUTIONS
OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
§18B-10-7. Tuition and fee waivers for children and spouses of
officers and firefighters killed in the line of
duty.
Each state institution of higher education shall permit any
person to attend its undergraduate courses and classes if classroom
space is available without charging
such the person any tuition or
any fees, including those provided in sections two and three of
this article, if
such the person is the child or spouse of a
law-enforcement officer as defined in section one, article
twenty-nine, chapter thirty of this code, a correctional officer at
a state penal institution,
a parole officer, a probation officer,
a conservation officer or a registered firefighter, and
such
that officer or firefighter was killed in the line of duty while
employed by the state or any political subdivision
thereof of the
state, or
such that firefighter was a member of a volunteer fire
department serving a political subdivision of this state:
Provided, That the state institution of higher education may
require
such the person to pay special fees, including any
laboratory fees, if
such the fees are required of all other
students taking a single or the particular course and
also may
also
require
such the person to pay for parking. The governing boards
may promulgate rules for determining the availability of classroom
space and other rules
as it considers necessary to implement this
section, including rules regarding qualifications for attendance,
which shall not exceed the qualifications required of other
persons.
The governing boards
also may
also extend to persons attending
courses and classes under this section any rights, privileges or
benefits extended to other students which it considers appropriate.