Existing law authorizes the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada to assess tuition charges, which are charges that are in addition to registration fees and other fees assessed against students who are residents of this State, for students at all campuses of the Nevada System of Higher Education who are not residents of Nevada. Existing law also prohibits the Board of Regents from assessing tuition charges against certain students. (NRS 396.540) This bill adds to this prohibition students who are a surviving spouse or child of a first responder who was killed while acting in the normal course of duty in this State.