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S1327......................................................by STATE AFFAIRS SCHOLARSHIPS - Amends existing law to increase the benefit amount for scholarship assistance to eligible students who are dependents of POW/MIAs. 01/24 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing 01/25 Rpt prt - to St Aff 02/04 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg 02/05 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg 02/11 3rd rdg - PASSED - 33-0-2 AYES -- Andreason, Boatright, Branch(Bartlett), Brandt, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Goedde, Hawkins, Hill, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King-Barrutia, Little, Lodge, Marley, Noh, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sims, Sorensen, Stegner, Stennett, Thorne, Wheeler, Williams NAYS -- None Absent and excused -- Geddes, Richardson Floor Sponsor - Darrington Title apvd - to House 02/12 House intro - 1st rdg - to Educ 02/27 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg 02/28 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg 03/06 3rd rdg - PASSED - 57-0-13 AYES -- Aikele, Barraclough, Barrett, Bedke, Bell, Bieter, Black, Block, Boe, Bolz, Bradford, Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Clark, Collins, Crow, Cuddy, Denney, Ellsworth, Eskridge, Field(13), Gould, Hadley, Hammond, Harwood, Henbest, Higgins, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones, Kellogg(Duncan), Kendell, Kunz, Lake, Langford, Mader, Martinez, McKague, Montgomery, Mortensen, Pearce, Pischner, Pomeroy, Raybould, Ridinger, Roberts, Robison, Sali, Schaefer, Shepherd, Smith(33), Smylie, Stevenson, Stone, Tilman, Wheeler NAYS -- None Absent and excused -- Deal, Ellis, Field(20), Gagner, Loertscher, Meyer, Moyle, Sellman, Smith(23), Trail, Wood, Young, Mr. Speaker Floor Sponsor - Bedke Title apvd - to Senate 03/07 To enrol 03/08 Rpt enrol - Pres signed 03/11 Sp signed 03/12 To Governor 03/26 Governor signed Session Law Chapter 276 Effective: 07/01/02
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2002IN THE SENATE SENATE BILL NO. 1327 BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO THE POW/MIA SCHOLARSHIP ACT OF 1972; AMENDING SECTION 33-4302, 3 IDAHO CODE, TO INCREASE THE BENEFIT AMOUNT FOR SCHOLARSHIP ASSISTANCE TO 4 ELIGIBLE STUDENTS AND TO MAKE A TECHNICAL CORRECTION. 5 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 6 SECTION 1. That Section 33-4302, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 7 amended to read as follows: 8 33-4302. SCHOLARSHIPS -- STATE AID.ChildrenAny child of any Idaho citi- 9 zen who is a resident of the state of Idaho on or after the effective date of 10 this act and who has been determined by the federal government to be a pris- 11 oner of war or missing in action or died of injuries or wounds sustained in 12 action in southeast Asia, including Korea, or who shall become so hereafter, 13 in any area of armed conflict in which the United States is a party, shall be 14 admitted to attend any public institution of higher education or public 15 professional-technical school within the state of Idaho without the necessity 16 of paying tuition and fees therefor; that such student shall be provided with 17 books, equipment and supplies necessary for pursuit of such program of enroll- 18 ment not to exceedtwofive hundred dollars ($2500) per quarter, semester, 19 intensified semester, or like educational period; that such student shall be 20 furnished on-campus housing and subsistencenot to exceed two hundred dollars21($200)for each month he is enrolled under this program and actually resides 22 in such on-campus facility; provided, however, that such educational benefits 23 shall not exceed a total of thirty-six (36) months or four (4) nine (9) month 24 periods; provided further, that such child shall meet such other educational 25 qualifications as such institution of higher education or professional- 26 technical school has established for other prospective students of this state. 27 Affected institutions shall in their preparation of future budgets include 28 therein costs resultant from such tuition, fee, book, equipment, supply, hous- 29 ing and subsistence loss for reimbursement thereof from appropriations of 30 state funds. 31 Applicants for the scholarship program herein prescribed shall provide 32 institutional administrative personnel with documentation of their rights 33 under this act.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE RS 11639 This proposal increases the scholarship amount for children of Prisoners of War from Idaho from two hundred dollars ($200.00) to five hundred dollars ($500.00) each semester. This scholarship would match the Peace Officer/Firefighter scholarship. FISCAL IMPACT The cost would be three hundred dollars ($300.00) per semester, six hundred dollars ($600.00) per school year. It is believed there is only one scholarship recipient at present. Contact Name: Senator Darrington Phone: 332-1318 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE S 1327