This bill proposes to amend section 15-1808 of the Arizona Revised Statutes to establish a tuition waiver scholarship for children or dependents of members or former members of the United States armed forces who have a disability rating of thirty percent or more. The Arizona Board of Regents and community college districts would be required to provide these scholarships after verification by the Arizona Department of Veterans' Services. The eligibility criteria for the scholarship include being thirty years of age or younger, having no felony convictions, meeting admission qualifications, and not exceeding specified credit hour limits.

The bill introduces several new requirements for eligibility, including that the child or dependent must not have obtained more than sixty-four credit hours at community colleges and must not have accumulated a total number of postsecondary education credits equal to the number required for a baccalaureate degree in their declared course of study. The current law remains unchanged, but the new provisions aim to support veterans' families by facilitating access to higher education through tuition waivers.

Statutes affected:
Introduced Version: 15-1808