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House approves tuition-waiver benefit for families of National Guard members killed in action
Summary
The Utah House on Wednesday approved an amended bill to waive tuition for dependents of National Guard members killed in action, removing earlier proposed lump‑sum and utility credits but preserving the tuition benefit; sponsor said it can be implemented within existing budgets.
The Utah House on Wednesday passed an amended bill to provide higher-education tuition assistance to spouses and children of National Guard members killed in action, voting 67 to 0 to send the measure to the Senate.
Representative Gregory Hughes, the bill sponsor, said he withdrew more costly elements — a lump-sum death benefit and a utility credit — to keep the measure fiscally…
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