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S1191..........................................................by EDUCATION
PEACE OFFICER - FIREFIGHTER - DEPENDENT SCHOLARSHIP - Amends existing law
to provide that dependents of full-time peace officers or firefighters
killed or disabled in the line of duty shall be eligible to attend any
public institution of higher education or public vocational-technical
college without payment of tuition, fees, housing, meals, books, equipment
and supplies for a specified period of time; and to provide financial
limits and application for eligibility.
02/15 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/16 Rpt prt - to Educ
02/25 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/26 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/02 3rd rdg - PASSED - 34-0-1
AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
Crow, Danielson, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes,
Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh,
Richardson, Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner,
Stennett, Thorne, Twiggs, Wheeler, Whitworth
NAYS--None
Absent and excused--Parry
Floor Sponsor - Andreason
Title apvd - to House
03/03 House intro - 1st rdg - to Educ
03/10 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/11 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/16 3rd rdg - PASSED - 52-12-6
AYES -- Barraclough, Bell, Bieter, Boe, Callister, Campbell, Chase,
Clark, Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20),
Geddes, Gould, Hammond, Hansen(23), Hansen(29), Henbest, Jaquet,
Judd, Kellogg, Kempton, Kunz, Lake, Limbaugh, Linford, Loertscher,
Marley, Meyer(Duncan), Montgomery, Mortensen, Pischner, Pomeroy,
Reynolds, Ringo, Robison, Sali, Sellman, Smith, Smylie, Stevenson,
Stoicheff, Stone, Tilman, Tippets, Trail, Watson, Williams,
Zimmermann
NAYS -- Alltus, Barrett, Bruneel, Hadley, Hornbeck, Kendell, McKague,
Moyle, Ridinger, Schaefer, Taylor, Wood
Absent and excused -- Black, Gagner, Jones, Mader, Wheeler,
Mr Speaker
Floor Sponsor - Montgomery
Title apvd - to Senate
03/17 To enrol - rpt enrol - Pres signed
03/18 Sp signed
03/19 To Governor
03/26 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 369
Effective: 07/01/99
S1191|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-fifth Legislature First Regular Session - 1999IN THE SENATE SENATE BILL NO. 1191 BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO SCHOLARSHIPS; AMENDING SECTION 33-4302A, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE 3 THAT DEPENDENTS OF FULL-TIME PEACE OFFICERS OR FIREFIGHTERS KILLED OR DIS- 4 ABLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO ATTEND ANY PUBLIC INSTITU- 5 TION OF HIGHER EDUCATION OR PUBLIC VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL COLLEGE WITHOUT 6 PAYMENT OF TUITION, FEES, HOUSING, MEALS, BOOKS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES 7 FOR A SPECIFIED PERIOD OF TIME, TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL LIMITS AND TO PROVIDE 8 FOR APPLICATION FOR ELIGIBILITY. 9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 10 SECTION 1. That Section 33-4302A, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 11 amended to read as follows: 12 33-4302A. PEACE OFFICER/FIREFIGHTER DEPENDENT SCHOLARSHIPS 13 -- STATE AID. (1) Any dependent of a full-time peace officer or 14 firefighter employed in Idaho, which officer or firefighter is a resident of 15 the state of Idaho and which officer or firefighter is killed or disabled in 16 the line of duty shall be admitted to attend any public institution of higher 17 education or public vocational-technicalschoolcollege 18 within the state of Idaho without the necessity of paying tuition and 19 feesin an amount not to exceed eight hundred dollars ($800) and20 therefor. Said dependents shall be provided by the institu- 21 tion or college with books, equipment and supplies necessary for pur- 22 suit oftheirthe dependent's chosen program of 23 enrollment not to exceedthreethe actual cost therefor, or 24 five hundred dollars ($35 00), which- 25 ever is less, per quarter, semester, intensified semester, or like edu- 26 cation period. Said dependent shall be provided with the institution or 27 college's published normal on-campus residential facility housing and meals 28 program for each month the dependent is enrolled full time under this statute 29 and continues to actually reside in such on-campus residential facility. Pro- 30 vided however, that the educational benefits provided for in this section 31 shall not exceed a total of thirty-six (36) months or four (4) nine-month 32 periods. 33 (2) The dependent shall be required to meet the educational 34 qualifications as such institution of higher education or vocational-technical 35schoolcollege as established for other prospective 36 students of this state. Application for eligibility under this section 37 shall be made to the state board of education and board of regents of the Uni- 38 versity of Idaho. The board shall verify the eligibility of the dependent and 39 communicate such eligibility to the dependent and the affected institution or 40 college. 41 (3) Affected institutions and colleges shall, 42 in their preparation of future budgets, include therein costs resulting from 43 such tuition, fees, housing, meals, books, equipment and supplies 2 1 for reimbursement thereof from appropriation of state funds. 2 For the purposes of this section, a peace officer or firefighter, employed 3 in Idaho, is considered disabled if he or she is unable to perform with rea- 4 sonable continuity the material duties of any gainful occupation for which he 5 or she is reasonably fitted by education, training and experience.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS08977C1
The purpose of this bill is to expand the benefits received
by the dependent children of peace officers and firefighters
killed or disabled, as defined in the bill, in the line of duty
in Idaho. This bill will bring the level of benefits on a level
consistent with other benefits for dependents of POW/MIA
Idahoans. The bill provides for the costs (all fees, books, room
and board) of eligible dependents pursuing a vocational
technical or undergraduate education at an Idaho public college
or university.
FISCAL NOTE
It is difficult to estimate the number of peace officer or
firefighter dependents that might eventually be eligible for
benefits under this legislation. Since the original legislation
was enacted, only three dependents have used the benefit. It
currently costs approximately $7,200 annually to attend an Idaho
public four-year institution ($2,200 in fees, $1,000 for books
and $4,000 for room and board). The costs are generally less for
community colleges. With this amendment to the legislation, if
one dependent was eligible each year to receive benefits under
this legislation, the annual cost to the state would be $7,200.
Contact: Senator John Andreason(208) 332-1405
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/ FISCAL NOTE S1191