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AZ HB2631

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/11/2015

Primary Sponsor

Bob Thorpe

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-second Legislature - First Regular Session (2015)

AI Summary

  • Establishes the Post-9/11 Veteran Education Relief Program administered by the Arizona Board of Regents to provide tuition grants to qualifying military veterans pursuing a first baccalaureate degree at Arizona universities after federal Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits are exhausted.

  • Defines qualifying military veterans as those with in-state tuition status, maintaining a 2.2 GPA or higher, eligible for Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits, who have not transferred benefits to dependents, and are within one year (full-time) or two years (part-time) of completing their first bachelor's degree.

  • Tuition grants match the amount charged in the veteran's last year of federal Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits and are distributed quarterly or semiannually until degree completion or 12-24 months of funding expires.

  • Requires 40 percent of quarterly balances in the Military Family Relief Fund to be transferred to fund the veteran education program, with the remaining fund administered through December 31, 2018.

  • Allocates 10 percent of Military Family Relief Fund quarterly balances to cemeteries in Arizona that serve military veterans; the education relief program terminates on July 1, 2025.

Legislative Description

Veteran education; tuition grants; cemeteries

Last Action

Referred to House MAPS Committee

2/12/2015

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