Existing law authorizes the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada to grant a waiver of certain fees for persons with a connection to the Armed Forces of the United States. (NRS 396.544, 396.5442, 396.5443, 396.5445) Section 1 of this bill requires the Board of Regents to grant a waiver of registration fees and other fees to a person who is a surviving spouse or child of a person killed in the line of duty while on active duty as a member of the Armed Forces. Existing law authorizes the Board of Regents 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) Section 1.5 of this bill adds to this prohibition students who are a surviving spouse or child of a person killed in the line of duty while on active duty as a member of the Armed Forces. Existing law requires the Board of Regents, to the extent money is available, to pay certain fees and expenses associated with undergraduate classes taken at a school within the System by the dependent child of a public safety officer who was killed in the line of duty or any other public employee who was killed in the performance of his or her duties. (NRS 396.545) Section 2 of this bill expands the applicability of this provision to include the surviving spouse of such a public safety officer or such a public employee. Section 2 further revises the definition of a “public safety officer killed in the line of duty” to include a public safety officer who, under certain circumstances, dies as a result of injuries sustained while traveling to or from his or her place of employment.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 396.540
Reprint 1: 396.540, 396.545
BDR: 396.540