Bill Text: WV HB4906 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Granting Purple Heart recipients, their spouses or unmarried widows, children and grandchildren a 100 percent tuition waiver
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-11 - To House Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security [HB4906 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2020-HB4906-Introduced.html
WEST virginia legislature
2020 regular session
Introduced
House Bill 4906
By Delegate S. Brown
[Introduced February 11, 2020; Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security then Finance]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new article, designated §9A-5-1, relating to granting Purple Heart recipients, their spouses or unmarried widows, children and grandchildren a 100 percent tuition waiver to attend any West Virginia state college, university, community and technical college, education institution, vocational school and approved apprenticeship program; and providing that the waiver funds may be used for other expenses if certain conditions are met.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 5. Purple Heart Tuition waivers.
§9A-5-1. Tuition waivers for Purple Heart recipients and their families.
Purple Heart recipients, their spouses or unmarried widows, children and grandchildren shall receive a 100 percent tuition waiver to attend any West Virginia state college, university, community and technical college, education institution, vocational school and approved apprenticeship program. If the individual receives any additional grants, funds or waivers from those institutions or programs, the federal government, or state provides, and the waiver funds may be used to cover any additional administrative fees associated with attending those institutions or programs, including housing, books, parking and fees of any type.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to grant Purple Heart recipients, their spouses or unmarried widows, children and grandchildren a 100 percent tuition waiver to attend any West Virginia state college, university, community and technical college, education institution, vocational school and approved apprenticeship program. The bill provides that the waiver funds may be used for other expenses if certain conditions are met.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
