H. B. 4116
(By Delegates Williams, Butcher, Iaquinta,
Shaver, Mezzatesta, Stemple and Perry)
[Introduced January 23, 2004; referred to the
Committee on Education then Finance.]
A BILL to Bill Titleamend the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §18-2-10a; and to
further amend said code by adding thereto a new section,
designated §18B-10-7c, all relating to Title Languageproviding tuition and
fee vouchers for students who sound Taps during a military
honors funeral.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That Enacting Sectionthe code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended
by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-2-10a; and that
said code be further amended by adding thereto a new section,
designated §18B-10-7c, all to read as follows:
CHAPTER 18. EDUCATION.
ARTICLE 2. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
§18-2-10a. Veteran's funeral assistant tuition or academic fees
voucher program.
(a) The state board shall create a tuition and required fees
voucher form in the amount of twenty-five dollars to be awarded by
funeral directors as provided in subsection (b) of this section.
The state board shall provide for the distribution of the form and
an explanation of its use to every funeral director in this state.
The state board may not charge a fee for the form or for the
distribution of the form. The state board shall encourage schools
to grant an excused absence to a student in grade six to grade
twelve who sounds Taps during a military honors funeral for a
deceased veteran.
(b) A funeral director shall issue a tuition and required fees
voucher in the amount of twenty-five dollars to a student in grade
six to grade twelve or enrolled at a state institution of higher
education who sounds Taps on a bugle, trumpet or cornet during a
military honors funeral held in this state for a deceased veteran.
The student may use the tuition and required fees voucher at any
time toward the payment of tuition and required fees at a state
institution of higher education as provided in section seven-c,
article ten, chapter eighteen-b of this code. The vouchers are not
transferrable.
CHAPTER 18B. HIGHER EDUCATION.
ARTICLE 10. FEES AND OTHER MONEY COLLECTED AT STATE INSTITUTIONS
OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
§18B-10-7c. Tuition and fees vouchers for veteran's funeral assistants.
Each state institution of higher education shall credit
twenty-five dollars toward the payment of tuition and required fees
for each tuition and fee voucher presented to it by an
undergraduate student who was awarded the voucher in accordance
with section ten-a, article two, chapter eighteen of this code:
Provided, That a student may not present more than four vouchers
for this purpose in the same semester.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide a $25 tuition
and fee voucher redeemable at state institutions of higher
education for students enrolled in grades 6 to 12 or at a state
institution of higher education who sound Taps during a military
honors funeral for a deceased veteran.
These sections are new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.