Bill Text: NH HB1575 | 2022 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relative to waiver of tuition in the university system and community college system.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2022-04-20 - Signed by Governor Sununu 04/18/2022; Chapter 28; Eff.06/17/2022 [HB1575 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2022-HB1575-Enrolled.html

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HB 1575-FN - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES

 

16Feb2022... 0060h

2022 SESSION

22-2842

04/05

 

HOUSE BILL 1575-FN

 

AN ACT relative to waiver of tuition in the university system and community college system.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Roy, Rock. 32

 

COMMITTEE: Education

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill waives tuition at the university system and the community college system for the child of a disabled veteran who was a resident of New Hampshire at the time of such veteran's death.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

16Feb2022... 0060h 22-2842

04/05

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

 

AN ACT relative to waiver of tuition in the university system and community college system.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  State College and University System; Tuition Waived.  Amend RSA 187-A:20, II(a) to read as follows:

II.(a)  If a person, while serving in or with the armed forces of the United States, has received a discharge other than dishonorable from service, and is totally and permanently disabled from such service-connected disability, and was domiciled in the state of New Hampshire at the time they entered military service or when he or she was determined by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to be so disabled, whether on original decision or appeal, and is currently a resident of New Hampshire or was a resident of New Hampshire at the time of their death, any child of such person enrolled in an institution that is part of the university system of New Hampshire shall not be required to pay tuition for attendance at such institution.  For the purpose of this paragraph, "child" shall mean a biological, adopted, or stepchild from marriage who meets the university system's residency requirements, provided in the case of a stepchild that the parents are still married at the time of application and remain so during the entire time of matriculation under this paragraph.

2  Community College System of New Hampshire; Tuition Waived.  Amend RSA 188-F:15, I-a (a) to read as follows:

I-a.(a)  If a person, while serving in or with the armed forces of the United States, has received a discharge other than dishonorable from service, and is totally and permanently disabled from such service-connected disability, and was domiciled in the state of New Hampshire at the time they entered military service or when he or she is determined by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to be so disabled, whether on original decision or appeal, and is currently a resident of New Hampshire or was a resident of New Hampshire at the time of their death, any child of such person enrolled in an institution that is part of the community college system of New Hampshire shall not be required to pay tuition for attendance at such institution.  For the purpose of this paragraph, "child" shall mean a biological, adopted, or stepchild from marriage who meets the community college system's residency requirements, provided in the case of a stepchild that the parents are still married at the time of application and remain so during the entire time of matriculation under this paragraph.

3  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

 

LBA

22-2842

12/10/21

 

HB 1575-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS INTRODUCED

 

AN ACT relative to waiver of tuition in the university system.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:      [ X ] State              [    ] County               [    ] Local              [    ] None

	Estimated Increase / (Decrease)
STATE:	FY 2022		FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025
Appropriation	$0		$0	$0	$0
Revenue	$0		Indeterminable	Indeterminable	Indeterminable
Expenditures	$0		$0	$0	$0
Funding Source:	[    ] General            [    ] Education            [    ] Highway           [ X ] Other - University System of New Hampshire Revenue

 

METHODOLOGY:

This bill expands the University System of New Hampshire (USNH) tuition waiver program currently authorized for enrolled children of totally and permanently disabled veterans to include such veterans now deceased who were NH residents at the time of death. This may decrease USNH in-state tuition revenue, although it would likely be immaterial given the narrow parameters of waiver eligibility stipulated under current law.

 

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

University System of New Hampshire