Report Title:

National Guard; Tuition Assistance

Description:

Expands the scope of tuition assistance to Hawaii National Guard members attending the University of Hawaii.  (SB623 HD1))

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	623
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009		S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII		H.D. 1

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 [[]304A-402[]]; and

     (2)  [Undergraduate students] Students working toward a degree on any campus of the University of Hawaii.

Students working toward an undergraduate degree shall receive priority consideration for the awarding of available tuition assistance."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2090.