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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
H. B. 2931
(By Delegates Wysong, Tabb, Longstreth,
Iaquinta, M. Poling, Shaver and Perry
)
(Originating in the Committee on Finance)
[February 23, 2007]
A BILL to amend and reenact §15-1B-21 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to providing for the payment of
tuition and fees for members of the West Virginia Army
National Guard and West Virginia Air National Guard enrolled
in graduate study.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §15-1B-21 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, 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 Army National Guard or Air National
Guard who is enrolled in a course of undergraduate study or a
Master's degree program and is attending any accredited college,
university, business or trade school 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 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. Provided, however, That The payment is
contingent upon appropriations being made by the Legislature for
this express purpose. A member may receive payment for only one
Master's degree pursuant to this section.
(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 the payment for members attending a private
school shall be determined by the Adjutant General, but in no any
event may it not exceed the highest amounts payable at any
state-supported school.
(c) Any member of the Army National Guard or Air National
Guard who is enrolled in a course of postgraduate undergraduate
study or a Master's degree program and is attending any accredited
college or university located in West Virginia, and is receiving
payments under the Army a federally funded 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
Army National Guard or Air National Guard: Provided, That the sum
of payments received under this subsection and the Army a federally
funded 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. The
payments are contingent upon appropriations being made by the
Legislature for this express purpose.
(d) The Adjutant General may, in lieu of the tuition payment
authorized by this section, pay an amount equal to the amount of
tuition which otherwise would have been paid, directly to members
of the West Virginia Army National Guard or West Virginia Air
National Guard who are participating in the PROMISE Scholarship
program provided in article seven, chapter eighteen-c of this code.
(e) A member of the West Virginia Army National Guard or West
Virginia Air National Guard who is receiving payments for tuition
and fees under this section, and is discharged from the military
service due to wounds or injuries received in the line of duty, may
continue to receive payments for tuition and fees under this
section as if he or she were still a member. of the West Virginia
National Guard.
(f) 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.