H. B. 4629
(By Mr. Speaker, Mr. Kiss, and Delegates Michael,
Fleischauer, Beach, Williams, Mezzatesta and Poling)
[Introduced February 26, 2004; referred to the
Committee on Education then Finance.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §18B-10-7 of the code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating generally to higher education;
extension of tuition and fee waivers to include spouses and
children of national guard members, certified emergency
attendants and emergency medical service personnel killed
while serving the state.
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, firefighters, emergency medical personnel
and members of the national guard 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 that 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 conservation officer, or a registered
firefighter or a firefighter with a volunteer fire department
serving a political subdivision of the state, a member of the
national guard who had been called into active state duty by the
governor under section four, article one, chapter fifteen, or a
certified emergency medical service attendant, or certified
emergency medical service personnel as defined in section three,
article four-c, chapter sixteen of this code and such officer, or
firefighter was killed in the line of duty while employed by the
state or any political subdivision thereof: or such 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 person to pay special fees,
including any laboratory fees, if such fees are required of all
other students taking a single or the particular course and may
also require such 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 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.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to extend the tuition
waiver benefits provided by this section to also include the spouse
and children of emergency medical service personnel and members of
the national guard who have died in the line of duty.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.
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