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Senate Bill No. 112

(By Senator Deem)

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[Introduced February 15, 2001; referred to the Committee on Military; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section twenty-one, article one-b, chapter fifteen of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to providing for the payment of tuition and fees to members of the national guard who attend schools in this state approved for veterans administration benefits.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section twenty-one, article one-b, chapter fifteen of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1B. NATIONAL GUARD.

§15-1B-21. Tuition and fees for guard members at institutions of higher education.

(a) Any member of the national guard who is enrolled in a course of undergraduate study and is attending any accredited college, university, business, or trade school or school approved for veterans administration benefits located in West Virginia or is attending any aviation school located in West Virginia for the purpose of taking college-credit courses, may be entitled to payment of tuitions and fees at that college, university, business or trade school, or aviation school or school approved for veterans administration benefits during the period of his or her service in the national guard: Provided, That the adjutant general may prescribe criteria of eligibility for payment of tuition and fees at the college, university, business or trade school, or aviation school or school approved for veterans administration benefits: Provided, however, That such payment is contingent upon appropriations being made by the Legislature for this express purpose.
(b) The amount of the payment for members attending a state-supported school shall be determined by the adjutant general and may not exceed the actual amount of tuition and fees at the school. The amount of such payment for members attending a private school shall be determined by the adjutant general, but in no event may exceed the highest amounts payable at any state- supported school.
(c) Any member of the national guard who is enrolled in a course of postgraduate study and is attending any accredited college or university located in West Virginia, and is receiving payments under the army continuing education system, may be entitled to payment of tuition and fees at that college or university during his or her period of service in the national guard: Provided, That the sum of payments received under this subsection and the army continuing education system may not exceed the actual amount of tuition and fees at the school and in no event may exceed the highest amounts payable at any state- supported school. Such payments are contingent upon appropriations being made by the Legislature for this express purpose.
(d) The adjutant general shall administer the tuition and fee payments authorized under this section and shall propose policies to implement the provisions of this section.



NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide for the payment of tuition and fees to national guard members who are enrolled in schools located in this state that are approved for Veterans Administration benefits.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
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