Report Title:

Tuition Assistance; Hawaii National Guard; Appropriation

Description:

Clarifies the law regarding University of Hawaii tuition assistance to Hawaii national guard members and appropriates funds for that purpose. (HB296 HD1)

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

296

TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2006

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

  

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO TUITION ASSISTANCE.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 121-45, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

"(a) The adjutant general, subject to the availability of funds, may award tuition assistance to qualified enlisted persons, warrant officers, and [company grade] officers [(0-1 through 0-3)] in the Hawaii national guard who are:

(1) Residents of the State, as defined by the board of regents pursuant to section 304-4; and

(2) [Undergraduate students] Students working toward a degree on any campus of the University of Hawaii[; provided that any Hawaii national guard member who has been continuously receiving tuition assistance from the University of Hawaii since July 1, 1995, under the administrative continuation of tuition waivers previously authorized under section 304-14.6, and who has been enrolled in a graduate or professional degree program up to and including January 1, 1996, may continue to receive tuition assistance under this section until the member no longer meets the requirements of this section or obtains the degree the member is presently seeking, whichever occurs first]."

SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $1,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2006-2007, for the provision of tuition assistance to members of the Hawaii national guard who are students working toward a degree on any campus of the University of Hawaii system.

SECTION 3. The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of defense for the purposes of this Act.

SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval, provided that sections 2 and 3 shall take effect on July 1, 2006.