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S.B. 109 Enrolled

                 

EDUCATION ASSISTANCE FOR NATIONAL

                 
GUARD MEMBERS

                 
2003 GENERAL SESSION

                 
STATE OF UTAH

                 
Sponsor: Peter C. Knudson

                  This act modifies provisions relating to higher education by providing that 2-1/2% of
                  tuition waivers at state institutions of higher education be set aside for members of the
                  Utah National Guard.
                  This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
                  AMENDS:
                      53B-8-101, as last amended by Chapter 288, Laws of Utah 2001
                  Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
                      Section 1. Section 53B-8-101 is amended to read:
                       53B-8-101. Waiver of tuition.
                      (1) (a) The president of each institution may waive all or part of the tuition in behalf of
                  meritorious or impecunious resident students to an amount not exceeding 10% of the total
                  amount of tuition which, in the absence of the waivers, would have been collected from all
                  Utah resident students at the institution.
                      (b) Two and a half percent of the waivers designated in Subsection (1)(a) shall be set
                  aside for members of the Utah National Guard. Waivers shall be preserved by the student at
                  least 60 days before the beginning of an academic term.
                      (2) (a) Each academic year the president of each of the following institutions may
                  waive all or part of the resident portion of the tuition in behalf of the additional number of
                  meritorious nonresident students set forth below who are not current recipients of the waiver:
                                                  Number of Nonresident
                       Institution                        Students
                      the University of Utah                     190
                      Utah State University                         165
                      Weber State University                     135


                      Southern Utah University                     68
                      Snow College                             18
                      Dixie State College of Utah                     30
                      the College of Eastern Utah                     18
                      Utah Valley State College                     114
                      Salt Lake Community College                 43
                      (b) (i) The president may continue to waive the resident portion of the tuition during the
                  entire time the affected meritorious nonresident student remains an undergraduate student in
                  good standing at the institution.
                      (ii) The resident portion of the tuition for each nonresident student is equal to the tuition
                  for resident students at the institution.
                      (c) The president may waive the nonresident portion of tuition for a meritorious
                  nonresident student receiving a waiver under Subsection (2)(a) after completion of the student's
                  first year of full-time study at the institution.
                      (d) (i) In addition to the waivers authorized by Subsections (2)(a) and (c), the president
                  may waive all or part of the nonresident portion of tuition for a meritorious nonresident student
                  during the student's first year of full-time study at the institution.
                      (ii) The number of these nonresident waivers for each institution is limited to the
                  percentage of nonresident students at each institution times the nonresident student number
                  allowed under Subsection (2)(a).
                      (3) Upon recommendation of the board, the president may grant additional full or partial
                  tuition waivers to encourage students to enroll for instruction in occupations critical to the state
                  for which trained personnel are in short supply.
                      (4) The president may waive all or part of the difference between resident and
                  nonresident tuition in the case of meritorious graduate students and nonresident summer school
                  students.
                      (5) The board shall submit annual budget appropriation requests for each institution
                  which include requests for funds sufficient in amount to equal the estimated loss of dedicated

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                  credits that would be realized if all of the tuition waivers authorized by Subsection (2) were
                  granted.

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