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HI SB2131

Bill

Status

Engrossed

3/4/2014

Primary Sponsor

Gilbert Kahele

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Origin

Senate

2014 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii to waive nonresident tuition and fee differential for honorably discharged veterans using G.I. Bill education benefits, beginning with the 2014-2015 academic year.

  • Eligible veterans must have left the armed forces no more than two years prior and sign an intent form to become a Hawaii resident.

  • Amends HRS §304A-502 to clarify that the board's designated representative (singular) handles tuition waivers and to define "G.I. Bill education benefits" as education benefits administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

  • Effective July 1, 2525, unless the Board of Regents adopts specific parameters and conditions for tuition and fee differential support for veterans by August 1, 2014.

Legislative Description

University of Hawaii System; Veterans; Residency; Tuition; Waiver

Last Action

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).

3/21/2014

Committee Referrals

Finance3/21/2014
Higher Education3/14/2014
Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts3/6/2014
Ways and Means2/13/2014
Higher Education1/16/2014

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