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MD SB1024

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/17/2025

Primary Sponsor

Paul Corderman

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Origin

Senate

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Financially dependent children of State or local public safety employees who die in the line of duty are exempt from paying out-of-state or out-of-county tuition at Maryland public colleges and universities

  • Eligible public safety employees include career or volunteer firefighters, ambulance/rescue squad members, law enforcement officers, correctional officers, and Maryland National Guard members who were State residents at death

  • The tuition exemption applies regardless of which state or county the child resides in

  • The Maryland Higher Education Commission is required to adopt regulations implementing the exemption

  • Effective date: July 1, 2025

Legislative Description

Higher Education - Nonresident Tuition - Exemption for Dependents of State or Local Public Safety Employees (Maryland Fallen Heroes Tuition Benefits Act)

Rules and Regulations

Last Action

Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.

3/5/2025

Committee Referrals

Education, Energy, and the Environment2/21/2025
Rules2/17/2025

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