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From the ECS State Policy Database 2009 State Policies / Activities

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The following summary includes policies enacted in 2009. This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. To view the documents, click on the blue triangle next to the topic of interest. To view all, press the button located at the top labeled "Expand All." Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. 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Determination of Student Residency 6 CSR 10-3.010 Distinguishes between the residency requirements pertaining to in-state tuition eligibility and state student financial aid eligibility. Add... More... CA Signed into law 10/2009 Community College Postsec. Community College Fees A.B. 947 Authorizes a community college district to charge the additional fee to any nonresident student by deleting a condition that a nonresident b... More... CA Signed into law 10/2009 Community College Postsec. Transportation Fees in Community College Districts A.B. 774 Amends existing law that authorizes the governing boards of specified community college districts to require that a transportation service f... More... CA Signed into law 10/2009 Postsec. In-State Tuition for Certain Wards of the State A.B. 669 Allows an exception to the uniform residency requirements for a student 19 years of age or under at the time of enrollment in postsecondary ... More... NY Adopted 10/2009 Postsec. State University of New York Tuition and Fees Schedule Title 8 NYCRR section 302.1(c) - (i) Amends the State University of New York Tuition and Fees Schedule to increase tuition for resident students in graduate and professional pro... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Postsec. Textbooks and Fees H.B. 475 Prior legislation required districts to set aside free textbooks and provide fee waivers to children eligible for free meals under the Commu... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 Postsec. Postsecondary Affordability and Access H.B. 4094 Requires the Board of Higher Education's master plan to include higher education affordability and accessibility measures. http://www.ilga.g... More... AZ Signed into law 07/2009 Postsec. Tuition and Fees H.B. 2495 Allows an honorably discharged military person who served on an Arizona military installation to receive in-state student classification reg... More... MO Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Postsec. Parental Involvement S.B. 291--Volunteer and Parents Incentive Program Creates the Volunteer and Parents Incentive Program to be implemented and administered by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Educati... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Postsec. No Fees for Free Lunch Students H.B. 1 - Section 3313.642 From DOE summary of H.B. 1: Prohibits districts from charging instructional or materials fees to students eligible for free lunch. DOE summ... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Postsec. In-State Tuition for Ohio National Guard Members H.B. 1 - Section 3333.42 Existing legislation allows a nonresident student who is a member of the U.S. armed forces stationed in Ohio to pay in-state tuition. New pr... More... OR Signed into law 07/2009 Postsec. Tuition/Fees S.B. 5544 Appropriates moneys from General Fund to the Student Assistance Commission for certain biennial expenses; limits biennial expenditures from ... More... LA Signed into law 06/2009 Postsec. Community College Online Course Tuition H.B. 771 Authorizes the state Community and Technical College System Board of Supervisors to equalize tuition for online courses. http://www.legis.st... More... OH Adopted 06/2009 Postsec. Resident Tuition for Veterans and Their Families OAC 3333-1-10 Revises rules relating to student residency for state subsidy and tuition surcharge purposes. Includes in the definition of residents (for p... More... OR Signed into law 06/2009 Postsec. Tuition Waivers S.B. 595 Sets limits on the dates of enlistment for tuition waiver eligibility requirements for service members; declares emergency, effective on pas... More... OR Signed into law 06/2009 Postsec. Community College Tuition/Fees H.B. 2571 Allows certain veterans with honorable discharges to pay tuition and fees at discounted rates; exempts distance education and self-support c... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 Community College Postsec. Fee Waivers for Veterans S.B. 847 Amends provisions relating to postsecondary fee waivers for military personnel and their children. Authorizes public technical institutes an... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 Community College Postsec. Junior College District Employees H.B. 1568 Authorizes the governing board of a junior college district to exempt a district employee from all or a portion of student tuition and fees.... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 Postsec. Tuition Set-Asides for Financial Aid S.B. 1304 Creates new Section 56.014. Directs institutions of higher education that are required to set aside a portion of student tuition payments to... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 Postsec. Resident Tuition for Competitive Scholarship Recipients H.B. 4244 Amends provision of resident tuition for competitive scholarship recipients. Authorizes institutions to determine whether to charge resident... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 Postsec. Environmental Service Fees H.B. 3353 and S.B. 2182 These identical companion bills authorize institutions of higher education to charge students an environmental service fee, if approved by a... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 Postsec. Community College Information on College Costs and Financial Aid H.B. 2504 - Section 3 and S.B. 1764 Directs the higher education coordinating board to prescribe uniform standards to ensure that information on the cost of attending Texas pub... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Postsec. State Virtual School Network H.B. 3646 - Sections 35-38 Section 35: Directs the commissioner to establish rules regarding procedures for verifying that teachers of electronic courses through the s... More... TX Vetoed 06/2009 Postsec. Funding for Certain Excess Undergraduate Credit Hours S.B. 1343 From Bill Analysis (http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/analysis/pdf/SB01343F.pdf): Students in a four-year institution are required t... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Postsec. In-State Tuition for Residents; Tuition Waiver to Children of Parents in Overseas Active Duty S.B. 297 Allows in-state tuition to any veteran who files with the institution at which he/she intends to register a letter of intent to establish re... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2009 Postsec. Tuition Tax Credits H.B. 2001B Relates to insurance premium tax credits; allows a credit against the premium tax liability incurred by insurers for contributions to school... More... FL Signed into law 05/2009 Postsec. Education Estimating Conference/University Tuition and Fees S.B. 762 Requires the Education Estimating Conference to develop information relating to the national average of state university tuition and fees; r... More... FL Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Postsec. Community College Postsecondary Tuition Residence Requirements/Encourage University Completion/State May Support Private Colleges and Universities S.B. 1696 Provides that in order to qualify as a resident for community college and state university tuition purposes, a person/parent or guardian mus... More... ID Signed into law 05/2009 Postsec. Student Residency H.B. 211 Amends existing law relating to residency requirements for public institutions of higher education; revises the definition of resident stude... More... KY Adopted 05/2009 P-12 Postsec. Tuition and Fees 780 KAR 2:140 Repeals and re-establishes a refund policy for tuition charges for career and technology programs/classes in Kentucky TECH schools, and for ... More... NV Signed into law 05/2009 Postsec. Tuition/Fees A.B. 188 Authorizes the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada to waive certain fees and tuition for a child, widow or widower of a person who ... More... NV Signed into law 05/2009 Postsec. Free Tuition for Veterans S.B. 318 Provides that tuition at all campuses of the Nevada System of Higher Education must be free for certain veterans. Chapter 420 http://leg.sta... More... OR Signed into law 05/2009 Postsec. Community College Tuition/Fees H.B. 2011 Directs State Board of Higher Education and community college district boards to permit Oregon residents 65 years of age or older to audit c... More... AK Signed into law 04/2009 Postsec. Supplemental Education Loan H.B. 109 Relates to eligibility for the state supplemental education loan program and to the interest rate for a loan made under the state family edu... More... CO Signed into law 04/2009 Postsec. Community College College Programs for Inmates H.B. 1264 Requires that costs associated with a college-level academic program for an inmate shall be borne by the inmate unless he or she receives fi... More... IN Signed into law 04/2009 Postsec. Tuition/Fees H.B. 1165 Exempts the children of a public safety officer who is killed in the line of duty from the payment of educational costs for up to specified ... More... OR Signed into law 04/2009 Postsec. Tuition H.B. 2258 Changes the definition of lower income household for purposes of statutes relating to individual development accounts which allow individual... More... VA Signed into law 04/2009 Postsec. Community College Financial Aid Eligibility S.B. 1547 Relates to eligibility for state financial aid programs; provides that persons who have completed a qualified program of home school instruc... More... WA Signed into law 04/2009 Postsec. Higher Education Reciprocity H.B. 1474 Changes border county opportunity program provisions; expands the border county higher education opportunity project to allow resident tuiti... More... WA Signed into law 04/2009 Postsec. Residency Definition H.B. 1487 Regards resident student classification; expands the definition of "resident student" relevant to chapter 28B.15 RCW, college and university... More... WA Signed into law 04/2009 Postsec. Student Fees S.B. 5776 Regards student fees, charges, and assessments; provides that fee increases voted on by college and university students are not subject to t... More... WA Partial Veto 04/2009 P-12 Community College Postsec. Workforce Development H.B. 2071 Revises the elements of the individual responsibility plan developed for WorkFirst recipients to include education, training, and other oppo... More... WA Signed into law 04/2009 Postsec. American Indian Scholarship Program S.B. 5001 Eliminates the matching fund requirement for the American Indian endowed scholarship program; eliminates the scholarship trust fund; provide... More... WA Signed into law 04/2009 Postsec. Instate Tuition H.B. 2344 Regards resident undergraduate tuition. Allows the tuition rate to increase by greater than 7% for the 2009-10 and the 2010-2011 academic y... More... WA Signed into law with partial veto 04/2009 Postsec. Tuition and Fees S.B. 5734 Extends the authority of the governing boards of the public colleges and universities to set full-time tuition fees for all students other t... More... KS Signed into law 03/2009 Postsec. Tuition H.B. 2007 Concerns state educational institutions; relates to waiver fees and tuition at undergraduate and graduate levels. Chapter 2009-25 http://www... More... NY Adopted 03/2009 Postsec. Tuition and Fee Increases Title 8 NYCRR 302.1(b)-(i) Amends rules to increase tuition for students in all programs in the State University of New York. Adopted as proposed in February 4 rulemak... More... UT Signed into law 03/2009 Postsec. Tuition and Nonresident Scholarships H.B. 364 Amends the definition of a resident student for tuition purposes within the state system of higher education. Authorizes Dixie State College... More... AR Signed into law 02/2009 Postsec. Community College National Guard Tuition Incentive Program S.B. 268 Amends the State National Guard Tuition Incentive Program; provides that in-service recruits are not eligible for benefits under the program... More... VA Signed into law 02/2009 Postsec. Community College Tuition and Fees For Foster and Special Needs Adoption Students H.B. 1599 Relates to grant program for certain foster care and special needs adoption students; modifies the eligibility of the current program to all... More... VA Signed into law 02/2009 Postsec. Community College Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program H.B. 1893 Provides that scholarships awarded through the Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program may be used to cover the costs of required ac... More... VA Signed into law 02/2009 Postsec. Community College Tuition Assistance for National Guard Members H.B. 2342 Provides that notwithstanding the eligibility requirement that a member of the National Guard have a minimum of two years remaining on his s... More... NY Adopted 01/2009 Postsec. Tuition Refund Based on Hardship Title 8 NYCRR Section 302.2(b) Limits time period for tuition refunds based on hardship to one year following the term for which the tuition is due. Adopted as published o... More... 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