Summary of Original Version

Amend KRS 164.515 to make the amount of tuition waived for the spouse or child of designated permanently disabled veterans a last-dollar scholarship that shall not exceed the cost of tuition and mandatory fees less any state or federal grants; amend KRS 164.2841 to make the amount tuition waived for the survivor of police officer, firefighter, or volunteer firefighter killed in line of duty last-dollar scholarship that shall not exceed the cost of tuition and mandatory fees less any state or federal grants; amend KRS 164.2842 to make the amount of tuition waived for the survivor of police officer, firefighter, or volunteer firefighter permanently and totally disabled in line of duty a last-dollar scholarship that shall not exceed the cost of tuition and mandatory fees less any state or federal grants; amend KRS 164.507 to make the amount of tuition waived for the non-married spouse or child of a deceased veteran a last-dollar scholarship that shall not exceed the cost of tuition and mandatory fees less any state or federal grants; amend KRS 164.020 to delete the tuition waiver for employees and faculty of state and locally operated secondary area technology center staff.

Summary of Amendment: House Committee Substitute 1

Summary Retain original provisions, except remove changes to KRS 164.020 that would have eliminated the tuition waiver for employees and faculty of state and locally operated secondary area technology center staff; amend KRS 164.515 to waive up to 128 credit hours of undergraduate instruction for a spouse, child, stepchild, or orphan of a disabled member of the Kentucky National Guard or Reserve Component; include expiration of the benefit for a child, stepchild, or orphan upon expiration of 5 years following high school graduation, with exceptions; amend KRS 164.284 to waive up to 128 credit hours of undergraduate instruction for a Kentuckian 65 years of age or older; require the benefit to be a last-dollar scholarship that shall not exceed the cost of tuition and mandatory fees less any state or federal grants; amend KRS 164.2841 to include a child or nonmarried widow or widower of emergency medical services personnel in the waiver benefit; waive up to 128 credit hours of undergraduate instruction; include expiration of the benefit for a child upon expiration of 5 years following high school graduation, with exceptions; KRS 164.2842 to include a spouse or child of emergency medical services personnel in the waiver benefit; waive up to 128 credit hours of undergraduate instruction; include expiration of the benefit for a child upon expiration of 5 years following high school graduation, with exceptions; amend KRS 164.507 to waive up to 128 credit hours of undergraduate instruction for the nonmarried spouse and child of a deceased verteran; include expiration of the benefit for a child upon expiration of 5 years following high school graduation, with exceptions.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 1 -- L. Willner

Summary Retain all original provisions except remove all changes to the tuition waiver of persons over the age of 65.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 2 -- A. Moore

Summary Retain original provisions except restore the existing age cap of twenty-six years old for postsecondary tuition and fee benefits for dependents of permanently and totally disabled veterans under KRS 164.515; restore the existing age cap of twenty-six years old for postsecondary tuition and fee benefits for survivors of deceased veterans under KRS 164.507.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 3 -- J. Tipton

Summary Delete all provisions; amend KRS 164.515 to make the amount of tuition waived for the spouse or child of designated permanently disabled veterans a last-dollar scholarship that is prohibited from exceeding the cost of tuition and mandatory fees less any state or federal grants; limit the benefit to 128 hours of undergraduate credit hours; limit the benefit for a student under the age of 26, but extend the age restriction for each month the student served in the United States Armed Forces, as an officer in the Commissioned Corps of the United States Public Health Service, the Peace Corps, or AmeriCorps; amend KRS 164.284 to restrict the tuition waiver for persons over 65 to 8 credit hours per semester, require FAFSA completion, and require the amount waived to not exceed the cost of tuition and mandatory fees less any state or federal grants; amend KRS 164.2841 to make the amount of tuition waived for the survivor of a police officer, firefighter, or volunteer firefighter killed in line of duty a last-dollar scholarship that is prohibited from exceeding the cost of tuition and mandatory fees less any state or federal grants; limit the benefit to 128 hours of undergraduate credit hours; limit the benefit for a student under the age of 26, but extend the age restriction for each month the student served in the United States Armed Forces, as an officer in the Commissioned Corps of the United States Public Health Service, the Peace Corps, or AmeriCorps; amend KRS 164.2842 to make the amount of tuition waived for the survivor of police officer, firefighter, volunteer firefighter, or emergency medical services personnel permanently and totally disabled in line of duty a last-dollar scholarship that is prohibited from exceeding the cost of tuition and mandatory fees less any state or federal grants; limit the benefit to 128 hours of undergraduate credit hours; limit the benefit for student under the age of 26, but extend the age restriction for each month the student served in the United States Armed Forces, as an officer in the Commissioned Corps of the United States Public Health Service, the Peace Corps, or AmeriCorps; amend KRS 164.507 to make the amount of tuition waived for the non-married spouse or child of a deceased veteran a last-dollar scholarship that shall not exceed the cost of tuition and mandatory fees less any state or federal grants; limit the benefit to 128 hours of undergraduate credit hours; limit the benefit for student under the age of 26 but extend the age restriction for each month the student served in the United States Armed Forces, as an officer in the Commissioned Corps of the United States Public Health Service, the Peace Corps, or AmeriCorps; amend KRS 164.2847 to require a Kentucky foster or adopted child to complete a FAFSA to benefit from a tuition waiver; limit the benefit to 128 hours of undergraduate credit hours; limit the benefit to students under the age of 26 unless the student served in the United States Armed Forces, as an officer in the Commissioned Corps of the United States Public Health Service.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 164.515, 164.2841, 164.2842, 164.507, 164.020
House Committee Substitute 1: 164.515, 164.284, 164.2841, 164.2842, 164.507
Current: 164.515, 164.284, 164.2841, 164.2842, 164.507, 164.2847