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AZ HB2682

Bill

Status

Introduced

5/7/2019

Primary Sponsor

Walter Blackman

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-fourth Legislature - First Regular Session (2019)

AI Summary

  • Expands tuition waiver scholarships at Arizona universities and community colleges to include children and dependents of U.S. armed forces members or veterans with a disability rating of 30% or more from the VA

  • Requires the veteran parent to be an Arizona resident or stationed in Arizona at the time of the injury that caused the disability

  • Limits scholarships for children of disabled veterans to those 30 years of age or younger, with a maximum of 64 community college credit hours and enough university credits to complete a baccalaureate degree

  • Disqualifies persons convicted of a felony from receiving the tuition waiver scholarship for children of disabled veterans

  • Maintains existing tuition waivers for children and spouses of peace officers, firefighters, emergency paramedics, and military members killed in the line of duty, as well as for National Guard and armed forces members who received a Purple Heart

Legislative Description

Children; veterans; disabilities; tuition waivers

Board Of Regents

Last Action

Assigned to House RULES Committee

5/7/2019

Full Bill Text

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