This bill increases from 30 to 50 the number of tuition waivers for postsecondary education allowed to be granted each academic year to persons who, at the time of their graduation from high school or their successful completion of a general educational development examination, were in the custody of the Department of Health and Human Services and resided in foster care or subsidized adoptive care or were minor wards of a subsidized permanency guardian. The bill also makes necessary changes to the provisions regarding how the tuition waivers are apportioned to postsecondary educational institutions. The additional 20 waivers must be funded with General Fund appropriations. The bill also provides that students who are eligible to enter into a voluntary extended care
42 and support agreement with the Department of Health and Human Services must enter into
43 such an agreement to be eligible for a tuition waiver.

Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 1028, HP 664: 20-A.12572, 20-A.12573