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HOUSE BILL NO. 153 – Students, military deployment

HOUSE BILL NO. 153

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H0153............................................by TRANSPORTATION AND DEFENSE
STUDENTS - MILITARY - Amends existing law to provide for educational
protection for students deployed in the service of our country under the
jurisdiction of the State Board of Education and the Board of Regents of the
University of Idaho and the State Board of Education.
                                                                        
02/05    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/06    Rpt prt - to Transp

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  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-seventh Legislature                 First Regular Session - 2003
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 153
                                                                        
                          BY TRANSPORTATION AND DEFENSE COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO STUDENTS CALLED TO ACTIVE  MILITARY  DUTY;  AMENDING  CHAPTER  37,
  3        TITLE  33,  IDAHO  CODE,  BY  THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 33-3723, IDAHO
  4        CODE, TO REQUIRE THAT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND BOARD OF REGENTS OF
  5        THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO ADOPT PROTECTIONS FOR STUDENTS  CALLED  TO  ACTIVE
  6        MILITARY DUTY; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
                                                                        
  7    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  8        SECTION  1.  That  Chapter  37,  Title 33, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
  9    hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and  des-
 10    ignated as Section 33-3723, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
                                                                        
 11        33-3723.  PROTECTION  FOR DEPLOYED STUDENTS. It is the finding of the leg-
 12    islature that the public interest is served by according  maximum  support  to
 13    our young men and women enrolled in institutions of postsecondary education in
 14    this  state  who  are called to active military duty. To further this support,
 15    the state board of education and the board of regents  of  the  university  of
 16    Idaho shall adopt a policy applicable to all institutions under their adminis-
 17    tration which guarantees:
 18        (1)  Every  deployed  student  shall receive a full refund of fees for ma-
 19    triculation, books, parking permits, unused campus housing and meal plans, and
 20    other college or university costs associated with academic credit for the term
 21    enrolled at the time of deployment.
 22        (2)  No college or university student shall receive failing marks  on  his
 23    or  her transcript due to deployment occurring after standard withdrawal dead-
 24    lines.
 25        (3)  Any credit a deployed student earned toward  graduation  shall  still
 26    apply  toward  graduation upon return of the deployed student, notwithstanding
 27    changes in the program requirements.
 28        (4)  At the option of the student, with concurrence of the instructor,  if
 29    a  substantial  amount of the academic period has passed, the deployed student
 30    may choose a grade based on work completed up to the time of the deployment in
 31    lieu of refunds.
 32        The state board of education and the board of regents of the university of
 33    Idaho is authorized to adopt rules implementing the provisions  of  this  sec-
 34    tion.
                                                                        
 35        SECTION  2.  An  emergency  existing  therefor,  which emergency is hereby
 36    declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its
 37    passage and approval.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                            RS 12815C1

This proposal adds a new section to Idaho Code 33-3723 to protect
students that are called to active military duty from financial
loss of expenses associated with postsecondary education. 
Deployed students are further protected from failing marks on
their transcript due to missed class assignments.
                          FISCAL IMPACT
No fiscal impact on the general fund.


Contact
Name: Rep. Douglas 
Phone: 332-1269




STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                      H 153