Bill Text: OR HB2158 | 2013 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Relating to veterans' educational benefits; and declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2013-06-24 - Chapter 460, (2013 Laws): Effective date June 24, 2013. [HB2158 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-HB2158-Amended.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

HA to HB 2158

LC 1718/HB 2158-7

                       HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO
                         HOUSE BILL 2158

  By COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' SERVICES AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

                            April 16

  In line 2 of the printed bill, after the first semicolon insert
'creating new provisions;'.
  Delete lines 4 through 27 and insert:
  '  { +  SECTION 1. + } ORS 352.375 is amended to read:
  ' 352.375. (1) A public university listed in ORS 352.002 or a
community college shall charge an enrolled student who is not a
resident of this state and who is attending classes as an
undergraduate { +  or graduate + }  { + student + }  { +   + }on
a public university or community college campus in this
state { + :
  ' (a) + } Tuition and fees no greater than the resident rate
plus 50 percent of the difference between the resident rate and
the nonresident rate if the student served in the Armed Forces of
the United States { + , + }   { - and - }  was relieved or
discharged from that service under   { - honorable
conditions. - }  { +  other than dishonorable conditions and does
not meet the requirements of paragraph (b) of this subsection.
  ' (b) Tuition and fees as provided in subsection (2) of this
section if the student served in the Armed Forces of the United
States, was relieved or discharged from that service under other
than dishonorable conditions and:
  ' (A) During each of the three years immediately prior to
receiving a high school diploma or leaving school before
receiving a high school diploma, attended an elementary or a
secondary school in this state;
  ' (B) During each of the five years immediately prior to
receiving a high school diploma or leaving school before
receiving a high school diploma, attended an elementary or a
secondary school in any state or territory of the United States,
the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and
  ' (C) Received a high school diploma from a secondary school in
this state or received the equivalent of a high school diploma.
  ' (2)(a) If an undergraduate student meets the requirements of
subsection (1)(b) of this section, a public university listed in
ORS 352.002 or a community college shall charge the student
tuition and fees no greater than the resident rate.
  ' (b) If a graduate student meets the requirements of
subsection (1)(b) of this section, a public university listed in
ORS 352.002 shall charge the student tuition and fees no greater
than the resident rate plus 50 percent of the difference between
the resident rate and the nonresident rate. + }
  '  { - (2) Every public university listed in ORS 352.002 and
community college in this state shall participate to the fullest
extent allowed in the federal educational assistance programs
under the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-252)
so as to reduce the overall tuition rate for students eligible
for tuition rate reduction under subsection (1) of this section
to the resident tuition rate. - }
  ' (3) A person who served in the Armed Forces of the United
States and who receives federal tuition benefits in excess of the
tuition and fees the person is charged under subsection (1) { +
or (2) + } of this section at a public university listed in ORS
352.002 or a community college where the person is enrolled shall
pay tuition and fees equal to the federal tuition benefits
received.
  ' (4) Distance education and self-support courses as identified
by each public university listed in ORS 352.002 and community
college are exempt from the tuition reduction provisions of this
section.
  ' (5) If a nonresident student otherwise eligible for tuition
benefits under this section is receiving federal vocational
rehabilitation education benefits, that student shall pay full
nonresident tuition and fees charged by a public university
listed in ORS 352.002 or a community college.
  '  { +  SECTION 2. + }  { + The amendments to ORS 352.375 by
section 1 of this 2013 Act apply only to persons admitted to a
community college or public university in Oregon on or after the
effective date of this 2013 Act. + }
  '  { +  SECTION 3. + }  { + This 2013 Act being necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and
safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2013 Act
takes effect on its passage. + } ' .
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