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Guam Legislature advances veterans tuition-waiver bill after debate over funding and eligibility
Summary
Lawmakers advanced Bill 202-38 COR, proposing tuition exemptions for qualifying veterans, spouses and dependents, to third reading after floor amendments clarified eligibility language; debate focused on dependency rules, potential conflicts of interest and a BBMR/UOG fiscal estimate of about $1.2 million.
Senators moved Bill 202-38 COR, a measure to extend tuition exemptions at public higher-education institutions to qualifying veterans and their dependents, to the third reading file after adopting an amendment to simplify and clarify eligibility language.
The amendment, offered from the floor and described by the sponsor as a clarification of sections 56103(a)(1) and related subsections, combines two items into one provision so that "qualifying veterans and their dependent spouse and children may be included if significant institutional capacity exists as determined by the commission on post secondary education through rulemaking," according to the author on the floor. The amendment was adopted after no…
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