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AZ HB2763

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/6/2020

Primary Sponsor

Walter Blackman

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-fourth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2020)

AI Summary

  • Lowers the minimum age for foster care tuition waiver scholarship eligibility from 14 to 13 years old for persons currently in foster care, previously in foster care, or adopted from foster care.

  • Increases the maximum age limit for scholarship eligibility from 23 to 26 years old.

  • Changes community college tuition waiver scholarships from mandatory reduction by other federal aid to discretionary reduction, while protecting Arizona Education and Training Voucher program grants from counting toward the reduction.

  • Protects university tuition waiver scholarships from any reduction based on other federal aid or public assistance, including Education and Training Voucher program grants.

  • Removes a provision requiring continued scholarship awards after termination if eligibility criteria are still met.

Legislative Description

Foster care tuition waiver scholarships

Postsecondary Education

Last Action

House read second time

2/10/2020

Full Bill Text

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