MD SB243

Extends priority course registration at public universities to spouses of active service members and veterans, with the same 15-year and four-academic-year limits that apply to service members themselves

Requires community colleges to expand veterans resource centers, advising services, and advisor training to include spouses of veterans

Allows spouses of active service members domiciled in Maryland to use senatorial and Delegate scholarships at out-of-state institutions (up to 10% of available funds per senator)

Grants the Public Service Commission authority to provide hiring and promotion preferences to spouses of active service members, in addition to existing preferences for veterans and their spouses

Expands eligibility for veterans' benefits by changing the discharge requirement from "honorable" to "other than dishonorable" across multiple programs including higher education priority registration, private employer hiring preferences, and State personnel selection test credits