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Bill Detail: SB25-247

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Title Tuition Waiver & Colorado National Guard Members
Status Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole (04/01/2025)
Bill Subjects
  • Higher Education
  • Military & Veterans
House Sponsors S. Bird (D)
R. Taggart (R)
Senate Sponsors J. Bridges (D)
B. Kirkmeyer (R)
House Committee
Senate Committee Appropriations
Date Introduced 03/31/2025
AI Summary
Summary

Joint Budget Committee. The bill changes the tuition assistance
program for eligible members of the Colorado National Guard (member)
to a tuition waiver program (program). The bill allows a member, upon
being accepted for enrollment at a designated institution of higher
education (institution), to pursue studies that lead to a postgraduate
degree, a bachelor's degree, an associate degree, or a certificate of
completion with all tuition waived. For a member, the tuition waiver must
not exceed more than 65 credit hours at a designated 2-year institution of
higher education and no more than 130 credit hours at a designated 4-year
institution of higher education; except that the total credit hours for a
member who attends both a 2-year institution and a 4-year institution
must not exceed more than 145 credit hours. The department of military
and veterans affairs (department) shall administer the program.
In order to qualify for the program, a member must:
  • Be accepted by an institution;
  • Be in good standing with the Colorado National Guard; and
  • Complete a Colorado application for state financial aid or
a free application for federal student aid.
Each institution shall determine if a member enrolled with the
institution remains in satisfactory academic standing in accordance with
the academic policies of the institution and is making progress toward the
completion of the requirements of the education program in which the
member is enrolled. If the institution finds that the member is not in
satisfactory academic standing in accordance with the academic policies
of the institution or is not making progress toward the completion of a
degree, the member must reimburse the department for the amount of the
tuition waived for that academic term.
The bill makes an appropriation.

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