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S1095..........................................................by EDUCATION
SCHOLARSHIPS - Amends existing law to provide additional scholarship
eligibility to dependents of certain members of the armed forces.
02/07 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/08 Rpt prt - to St Aff
02/26 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/27 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/02 3rd rdg - PASSED - 34-0-1
AYES -- Andreason, Bair, Bastian, Bilyeu, Broadsword, Burkett,
Cameron, Corder, Darrington, Davis, Fulcher, Gannon, Geddes, Goedde,
Hammond, Heinrich, Hill, Jorgenson, Kelly, Keough, Langhorst, Little,
Lodge, Malepeai, McGee, McKague, McKenzie, Pearce, Richardson,
Schroeder, Siddoway, Stegner, Stennett, Werk
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Coiner
Floor Sponsor - Burkett
Title apvd - to House
03/05 House intro - 1st rdg - to Educ
03/07 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/08 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/12 3rd rdg - PASSED - 65-0-5
AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barrett, Bayer, Bedke, Bilbao, Black,
Block, Bock, Boe, Bolz, Brackett, Bradford, Chadderdon, Chavez, Chew,
Collins, Crane, Durst, Edmunson, Eskridge, Hagedorn, Hart, Harwood,
Henbest, Henderson, Jaquet, Killen, King, Kren, Labrador, Lake,
LeFavour, Loertscher, Luker, Marriott, Mathews, McGeachin, Mortimer,
Moyle, Nielsen, Nonini, Pasley-Stuart, Patrick, Pence, Ringo,
Roberts, Ruchti, Rusche, Sayler, Schaefer, Shepherd(2), Shepherd(8),
Shirley, Shively, Smith(30), Smith(24), Snodgrass, Stevenson, Thayn,
Trail, Vander Woude, Wills, Wood(27), Mr. Speaker
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Bell, Clark, Raybould, Ring, Wood(35)
Floor Sponsor - Nielsen
Title apvd - to Senate
03/13 To enrol
03/14 Rpt enrol - Pres signed - Sp signed
03/15 To Governor
03/20 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 95
Effective: 07/01/07
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-ninth Legislature First Regular Session - 2007
IN THE SENATE
SENATE BILL NO. 1095
BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO SCHOLARSHIPS; AMENDING SECTION 33-4302, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR
3 ADDITIONAL SCHOLARSHIP ELIGIBILITY, TO PROVIDE CONDITIONS FOR ELIGIBILITY,
4 TO PROVIDE FOR THE INITIATION OF BENEFITS AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORREC-
5 TIONS.
6 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
7 SECTION 1. That Section 33-4302, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
8 amended to read as follows:
9 33-4302. SCHOLARSHIPS -- STATE AID. (1) The following individuals shall
10 be eligible for the scholarship program provided for herein:
11 (a) Any dependent of any Idaho citizen who is a resident of the state of
12 Idaho on or after the effective date of this act and who has been deter-
13 mined by the federal government to be a prisoner of war or missing in
14 action or to have died of injuries or wounds sustained in action in south-
15 east Asia, including Korea, or in Iraq or in Afghanistan or who shall
16 become so hereafter, in any area of armed conflict in which the United
17 States is a party, shall; and
18 (b) Any dependent of any member of the armed forces of the United States
19 who is stationed in the state of Idaho on military orders and who is
20 deployed from the state of Idaho to any area of armed conflict in which
21 the United States is a party and who has been determined by the federal
22 government to be a prisoner of war or missing in action or to have died of
23 injuries or wounds sustained in action as a result of such deployment.
24 Provided further, that such dependent must be a resident of the state of
25 Idaho and must have completed secondary school or its equivalent in the
26 state of Idaho.
27 (2) An eligible individual who applies for the scholarship provided for
28 herein shall, after verification of eligibility, receive the scholarship and
29 be admitted to attend any public institution of higher education or public
30 professional-technical college within the state of Idaho without the necessity
31 of paying tuition and fees therefor; that such student shall be provided with
32 books, equipment and supplies necessary for pursuit of such program of enroll-
33 ment not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) per quarter, semester, intensi-
34 fied semester, or like educational period; that such student shall be fur-
35 nished on-campus housing and subsistence for each month he or she is enrolled
36 under this program and actually resides in such on-campus facility; provided,
37 however, that such educational benefits shall not exceed a total of thirty-six
38 (36) months or four (4) nine (9) month periods. Provided further, that the
39 initiation of such educational benefits shall extend for a period of ten (10)
40 years after achieving a high school diploma or its equivalency, or for a
41 period of ten (10) years after the event giving rise to the eligibility for
42 the scholarship, whichever is longer.
43 (23) The dependent shall meet such other educational qualifications as
2
1 such institution of higher education or professional-technical college has
2 established for other prospective students of this state.
3 (34) Application for eligibility under this section shall be made to the
4 state board of education and the board of regents of the university of Idaho
5 or the state board of vocational-technical education. The board shall verify
6 the eligibility of the dependent and communicate such eligibility to the
7 dependent and the affected institution or college.
8 (45) Affected institutions shall in their preparation of future budgets
9 include therein costs resultant from such tuition, fee, book, equipment, sup-
10 ply, housing and subsistence loss for reimbursement thereof from appropria-
11 tions of state funds.
12 (56) Applicants for the scholarship program herein prescribed shall pro-
13 vide institutional administrative personnel with documentation of their rights
14 under this act.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 16854
Idaho Code currently provides a scholarship for dependents
of Idaho resident members of the military service who are killed
or missing during armed conflict.
This amendment extends scholarship benefits to those
dependents of members of the military who are killed or missing
in armed conflict, who are stationed in Idaho when deployed, but
were not residents at enlistment. To qualify for a scholarship,
the dependent must also be an Idaho State high school graduate.
FISCAL NOTE
The fiscal impact is dependent upon the total number of
Idaho's fallen heroes who give the supreme sacrifice to their
state and nation during the war in Iraq or other conflicts.
Fiscal impact is expected to be $12,000 per student per year for
tuition, fees, room and board, and a stipend for books and
supplies.
Contact
Name: Senator Burkett
Phone: 332-1407
Karen Echeverria
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE S 1095