From the ECS State Policy Database Postsecondary Students--Military

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. Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary CA Signed into law 09/2012 Postsec. Priority Registration for Veterans A.B. 2133 From bill summary: Enacts the Combat to College Act of 2012, which authorizes a qualifying student to use the 4 academic years during which ... More... CA Signed into law 09/2012 Community College Academic Credit for Prior Military Experience A.B. 2462 Directs the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, using common course descriptors and pertinent recommendations of the American C... More... CA Signed into law 09/2012 Postsec. Student Residency Requirements for Veterans. A.B. 2478 From bill summary: Makes students who were stationed in California for more than one year as active duty military for more than one year imm... More... CA Signed into law 09/2012 P-12 Credit for Veterans' Military Experience A.C.R. 159 Encourages the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California to consider and adopt the Am... More... NV Adopted 07/2012 Postsec. Establishing the Governor's Interagency Council on Veterans Affairs Executive Order #2012-15 Establishes the Governor's Interagency Council on Veterans Affairs to help identify and prioritize the needs of Nevada veterans. The Council... More... LA Signed into law 06/2012 Postsec. Resident Tuition for Certain Veterans H.B. 435 Provides that, with the exception of tuition charged to a veteran under the federal Yellow Ribbon Program, a student who has served in the U... More... MA Signed into law 05/2012 Postsec. Academic Credit for Military Students S.B. 2254 Requires public institution of higher education to develop a set of policies and procedures governing the evaluation of a student's military... More... AL Signed into law 05/2012 Postsec. National Guard Classified as Residents for Purposes of In-State Tuition H.B. 97 Classifies certain members of the Alabama National Guard as residents eligible for in-state tuition rates.... More... SC Signed into law 05/2012 Postsec. Military Student Absence - Make-up Work H.B. 3558 Requires all state institutions of higher education to allow students to complete assignments or take make-up examinations when an absence i... More... LA Signed into law 05/2012 Postsec. State Scholarship Program Eligibility for Students in Armed Forces H.B. 945 Revises eligibility provisions for students who enlist in the U.S. Armed Forces relative to the Taylor Opportunity Program for Students. Pro... More... OK Signed into law 05/2012 Postsec. occupations; creating post-military service occupation, education and credentialing act. effective date. S.B. 1863 Creates the Post-Military Service Occupation, Education and Credentialing Act. Authorizes the public and private institutions of higher educ... More... AK Signed into law 04/2012 Postsec. Military Training/Postsecondary Credit H.B. 282 Directs the department or applicable board to accept military education, training, and service credit for some or all of the qualifications ... More... FL Signed into law 04/2012 Postsec. Postsecondary Course Registration for Veterans H.B. 45 Requires each Florida College System institution and state university that offers priority course registration for a segment of the student ... More... FL Signed into law 04/2012 Postsec. College Credit for Military Training and Education Courses H.B. 347 Requires the board of governors and the state board of education to adopt regulations & rules, respectively, that enable U.S. Armed Forces s... More... FL Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Postsec. Veterans S.B. 922 Establishes August 7th of each year as "Purple Heart Day," and encourages schools to commemorate Purple Heart Day and honor those wounded or... More... MN Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Early Graduation Military Service Award Program H.F. 2949 Clarifies eligibility for the early graduation military service award program. Establishes a deadline for submission of application and requ... More... TN Signed into law 04/2012 Postsec. Postsecondary - Veterans H.B. 2961 Provides that a combat veteran shall be allowed to register for classes prior to the general student population at any public institution of... More... PA Signed into law 04/2012 Community College State Military College Legislative Appointment Initiative Program Act S.B. 560 Establishes State Military College Legislative Appointment Initiative Program. Allows each member of the Assembly to establish a state milit... More... HI Signed into law 04/2012 Postsec. College-Credit Equivalency Program H.B. 2639 Amends the University of Hawaii college-credit equivalency program to provide for the awarding of credit for service in the U.S. armed force... More... ID Signed into law 03/2012 Postsec. Scholarships for Spouse and Child of Military Member H.B. 386 SCHOLARSHIPS - Amends existing law relating to scholarships to revise provisions relating to eligibility of a scholarship of a spouse or chi... More... ID Signed into law 03/2012 Postsec. Academic Credit for Military Training S.B. 1299 Helps separating service members who leave the military with documented training and experience that can prepare them for civilian employmen... More... IN Signed into law 03/2012 Postsec. Credit for Military Education and Training. H.B. 1116 Requires a state educational institution to adopt a policy to award educational credit to an individual who is enrolled in a state education... More... VA Signed into law 03/2012 Postsec. Higher Education; Course Credit for Military Experience H.B. 195 Requires the governing boards of each public institution of higher education, in accordance with guidelines developed by the State Council o... More... VA Signed into law 03/2012 Postsec. Higher Education; Scheduling Active Duty Military H.B. 548 Requires public institutions of higher education, in accordance with guidelines developed by the State Council of Higher Education for Virgi... More... SD Signed into law 02/2012 Postsec. Veteran Residency Requirements S.B. 80 Exempts veterans from the twelve-month residency requirement for the purposes of tuition and fees. http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2012/Bi... More... TX Adopted 02/2012 Postsec. Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program 19 TAC 21.2244 Amends eligibility requirements for the Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program to clarify that students who have completed the equivalent ... More... TX Adopted 02/2012 Postsec. Exemption Program for Veterans and Their Dependents (The Hazlewood Act) 19 TAC 21.2099, 2100, 2102, 2107, 2108 Amends provisions of the Exemption Program for Veterans and their Dependents (The Hazlewood Act). From February 24, 2012 Texas Register (pag... More... NY Issued 11/2011 Postsec. Continuing the New York State Council on Returning Veterans and Their Families Executive Order 34 Continues the New York State Council on Returning Veterans and Their Families, and expands the membership and mission. Expansion of membersh... More... CA Signed into law 10/2011 Postsec. Residency Requirements for Military or Dependents A.B. 882 From bill summary: Amends state law to conform with federal law granting a member of the Armed Forces, or his or her dependent, entitlement ... More... CA Signed into law 10/2011 P-12 Postsec. California Cadet Corps S.B. 537 From bill summary: Authorizes the organization of a California Cadet Corps (http://www.cadet.org/cadet/site/default.asp) at each college, co... More... CA Signed into law 09/2011 Postsec. Priority Enrollment for Veterans S.B. 813 From bill summary: Existing law requires the California State University and each community college district, and requests the University of... More... OH Signed into law 06/2011 Postsec. National Guard Scholarship Program H.B. 153 - National Guard Scholarship Program Amends various provisions related to the Ohio National Guard Scholarship Program. Makes students at private institutions of higher education... More... LA Signed into law 06/2011 Postsec. College Credits for Military Personnel H.B. 500 Awards educational credits to a student enrolled in a public college or university, who is also a veteran, for courses that are part of the ... More... LA Signed into law 06/2011 Postsec. Tuition Exemption for Military Members H.B. 232 Revises current statute on providing tuition exemption for family members of a member of the Louisiana National Guard. http://www.legis.stat... More... TX Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Postsec. Postsecondary Tuition and Fee Exemptions for Military Personnel, Veterans and Dependents S.B. 639 Specifies that military personnel, veterans or dependents seeking the tuition exemption must be currently residing in the state, effective w... More... OR Signed into law 06/2011 Community College Community College Credit for Military Education/Training S.B. 275 Directs the board of each community college district, in consultation with the department of veterans' affairs, to develop standards for the... More... VA Signed into law 04/2011 Postsec. In-State Eligibility for Military Spouse H.B. 1848/S.B. 1279 Ensures that the established in-state tuition eligibility must not be affected by the establishment and maintenance of a place of residence ... More... UT Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Postsec. In-State Tuition for Children of Military Personnel S.B. 46 Requires an institution of higher education to grant resident status to the child of active duty military personnel if the child produces an... More... KY Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Postsec. Resident Tuition for Veterans H.B. 425 - Resident Tuition for Veterans Permits the governing board of a public university to adopt a tuition policy whereby any veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces or National Guard ... More... VA Signed into law 03/2011 Postsec. In-State Tuition for Veterans H.B. 1861/S.B. 824 Authorizes certain veterans who elect to establish Virginia as their permanent residence for domiciliary purposes to establish immediate res... More... VA Signed into law 03/2011 Postsec. In-State Tuition for National Guard S.B. 1074 Provides in-state tuition for any person who met the requirements for in-state tuition prior to being called to active duty in the National ... More... VA Signed into law 02/2011 Postsec. Military Reinstatement Guidelines H.B. 1647 Updates language requiring the State Council of Higher Education to issue and update military reinstatement guidelines to allow reinstatemen... More... MI Signed into law 10/2010 Postsec. Yellow Ribbon GI Education Enhancement Program and Other Veteran Assistance S.B. 1157 - Sec. 480 Expresses legislative intent that each public university receiving a certain state appropriation: (1) Voluntarily participate in the yellow ... More... CA Signed into law 09/2010 Postsec. Assistance for Students Taking Military Leave of Absence S.B. 1075 As an alternative to specified protections for a student granted an academic leave of absence for military service, requires an institution,... More... NY Vetoed 08/2010 P-12 Postsec. State Interagency Coordinating Council for Service-Disabled Veterans A.B. 8296A/S.B. 7112 Establishes the New York state interagency coordinating council for service-disabled veterans. Identifies council members, including the com... More... MO Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Postsec. Scholarship Program H.B. 2147 Currently, students who are active-duty military dependents are exempt from the three-year attendance requirement for the A+ Program. This s... More... CT Signed into law 05/2010 Postsec. Veteran Tuition Waiver Clarification S.B. 215 Clarifies that eligibility for the waiver of tuition at state universities and colleges is limited to veterans who have served time addition... More... VA Issued 03/2010 Postsec. Establishing the Governor's Commission on Higher Education Reform, Innovation and Investment E.O. 9 Establishes the Governor's Commission on Higher Education Reform, Innovation and Investment. Directs the commission to consider the current ... More... WV Signed into law 03/2010 Postsec. Make Public Campuses More Military/Veteran Friendly H.B. 4145 Requires public higher education institutions to adopt the recent recommendations of the Veterans Initiative Task Force which would make cam... More... NJ Signed into law 01/2010 Postsec. Community College National Guard Tuition Benefits A.B. 4253 Requires a member of the National Guard to apply for all tuition benefits available through U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in order to ... More... CA Signed into law 10/2009 P-12 Postsec. Priority Registration for Armed Forces Members S.B. 361 Specifies that priority registration provisions of the University of California, California State University and community college districts... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 Postsec. Higher Education Veterans Campus Service Act S.B. 1624 Creates the Higher Education Veterans Campus Service Act. Requires all public colleges and universities to conduct a survey of the services ... More... CA Signed into law 07/2009 Postsec. National Guard Education Assistance Award Program A.B. 12D - Section 4 From legislative analysis: Establishes the California National Guard Education Assistance Award Program on behalf of qualifying members of t... More... OR Signed into law 06/2009 Postsec. Community College Veterans' Affairs H.B. 2178 Creates Campus Veterans' Service Officers Program in Department of Veterans' Affairs; directs department to appoint sufficient number of vet... 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... TX Signed into law 06/2009 Postsec. Armed Services Scholarship Program H.B. 3452 Creates the Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program. Provides eligible students must be a member in good standing of an ROTC program while ... More... NJ Signed into law 06/2009 Postsec. Community College Troops to College Act A.B. 3360/S.B. 2171 Establishes the Troops to College Program. Directs Commission on Higher Education, in consultation with the Department of Military and Veter... More... GA Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Postsec. HOPE Eligibility for Military Children H.B. 484 Provides that dependent children of military personnel stationed in the state on active duty meet the residency requirements for purposes of... More... GA Signed into law 05/2009 Postsec. Community College Georgia Military College S.R. 96 Urges the Board of Trustees and the president of the Georgia Military College to maintain the current military programs at the military juni... More... CA Signed into law 07/2008 Postsec. Community College Services for Veterans S.B. 1680 Authorizes the California Community Colleges and California State University, and requests the University of California, to coordinate servi... More... GA Signed into law 05/2008 Postsec. Student Loans S.B. 169 Creates new sections 20-3-395 ff. related to student loans. Authorizes the Georgia Student Finance Authority to provide direct, low-interest... More... KS Signed into law 04/2008 Community College ROTC Scholarships to Community College Students S.B. 437 Authorizes the selection committee at each ROTC institution to award ROTC scholarships to qualifying students enrolled at a community colleg... More... GA Vetoed 05/2007 Postsec. HOPE Eligibility for Georgia Military College Students H.B. 363 Relates to eligibility requirements for a Helping Outstanding Pupils Educationally (HOPE) grant. Provides that students at Georgia Military ... More... VA Signed into law 03/2007 Postsec. Military Dependents In-state Tuition Eligibility H.B. 1996 Clarifies that active duty military personnel, or activated or temporarily mobilized (activated for service for 6 months or more) reservists... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2006 Postsec. Tuition and Transfer Agreements for Military Personnel and Families H.B. 2764 Concerns higher education; relates to military personnel and their dependents; provides for reciprocity agreements on acceptance of educatio... More...