Existing law authorizes the Board of Regents to grant a waiver of registration and certain other fees to certain persons, including a student who is a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States who has been awarded the Purple Heart. (NRS 396.5443) Section 2 of this bill requires the Board of Regents to, in certain circumstances, waive the payment of registration fees, laboratory fees and any other mandatory fees assessed each semester against a student who is the child of such a veteran to the extent that the fees exceed the amount of any federal educational benefits to which the student is entitled. Section 2 additionally provides that a child who is eligible to receive such a waiver may use it for: (1) ten years after he or she attains 18 years of age; or (2) if he or she enrolls in the System before attaining 18 years of age, for 10 years after the date of enrollment.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 396.540, 396.5443
Reprint 1: 396.540, 396.5443
Reprint 2: 396.5443
As Enrolled: 396.5443
BDR: 396.540, 396.5443