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

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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-Engrossed.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
 { +  braces and plus signs + } .

LC 1718

                           A-Engrossed

                         House Bill 2158
                  Ordered by the House April 16
            Including House Amendments dated April 16

Introduced and printed pursuant to House Rule 12.00. Presession
  filed (at the request of House Interim Committee on Veterans
  Affairs)

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure.

    { - Allows nonresident veterans discharged under other than
dishonorable conditions to pay tuition and fees at Oregon
resident rates. - }
   { +  Directs public universities and community colleges to
charge nonresident veteran who is undergraduate student tuition
and fees no greater than resident rate if nonresident veteran was
discharged under other than dishonorable conditions and attended
elementary or secondary school in any state or territory,
District of Columbia or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico within five
years immediately prior to receiving high school diploma or
leaving school before receiving high school diploma, attended
elementary or secondary school in this state within three years
immediately prior to receiving high school diploma or leaving
school before receiving diploma and received high school diploma
from secondary school in this state or received equivalent of
high school diploma.
  Where nonresident veteran who is undergraduate or graduate
student does not meet specified requirements, directs public
universities and community colleges to charge nonresident veteran
tuition and fees no greater than resident rate plus 50 percent of
difference between resident rate and nonresident rate. + }
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to veterans' educational benefits; creating new
  provisions; amending ORS 352.375; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  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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