Bill Text: HI SB2131 | 2014 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: University of Hawaii System; Veterans; Residency; Tuition; Waiver
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-03-21 - Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Tokioka, Ward, Yamane excused (3). [SB2131 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2014-SB2131-Amended.html
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 304A-502, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§304A-502[]] Power
of regents to grant tuition waivers. (a) The board of regents, or
its designated [representatives] representative, is authorized to
grant, modify, or suspend tuition waivers.
(b) The board may:
(1) Waive entirely or reduce the tuition fee or any of the other fees for graduate teaching and research assistants;
(2) Enter into agreements with government and university officials of any other state or foreign country to provide for reciprocal waiver of the nonresident tuition and fee differential;
(3) Waive the nonresident tuition and fee differential for selected students from Pacific and Asian jurisdictions when their presence would be beneficial to the university or the State;
(4) Waive entirely or reduce the tuition fee or any of the other fees for students, resident or nonresident; and
(5) Waive the nonresident tuition and fee differential for members in good standing of the following military units, regardless of their actual state of residence:
(A) The Hawaii national guard; and
(B) The federal reserve components of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard who attend drills with units located within the State.
(c) Beginning with the 2014-2015 academic year, the board shall waive the nonresident tuition and fee differential for honorably discharged veterans of the United States Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, and Navy, regardless of their actual state of residence.
(d) The board shall determine the percentage of allowable tuition and fee waivers for financial need and other university priorities. These tuition waivers and waivers of the nonresident tuition and fee differential shall be awarded in accordance with guidelines established by the board."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050; provided that this Act shall not take effect if the board of regents of the University of Hawaii adopts specific parameters and conditions for tuition and fee differential support for honorably discharged veterans by August 1, 2014.
Report Title:
University of Hawaii System; Veterans; Residency; Tuition; Waiver
Description:
Requires the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii to waive the nonresident tuition and fee differential for veterans of the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, and Navy, who were honorably discharged, beginning with the 2014-2015 academic year. Effective July 1, 2050, unless the Board of Regents adopts specific parameters and conditions for tuition and fee waivers for veterans by August 1, 2014. (SB2131 HD1)
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