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Panel advances bill to provide free college for children of first responders killed in line of duty
Summary
The Higher Education Subcommittee unanimously referred House Bill 11 47, with amendment 56 28, to the full Education Administration Committee. The bill would offer free college to children of law enforcement officers or firefighters killed in the line of duty.
Chair, Higher Education Subcommittee, presiding, recognized Chairman Butler to explain House Bill 11 47 and a committee‑filed amendment. Chairman Butler said the bill would provide a free college education to the child of a law enforcement officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty.
"This legislation is simply to provide a free college education to the child of a law enforcement officer or a firefighter who is killed in the line of duty," Chairman Butler said. Committee members had no substantive questions on the bill or the amendment, and the clerk recorded a 5‑0 vote to send House Bill 11 47, with amendment 56 28, to the full Education Administration Committee.
No fiscal analysis or implementation details (such as how "free college" would be defined across institutions) were discussed in the hearing record.
