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Committee refers bill to let children of veterans use veteranstuition waivers, seeks fiscal analysis
Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee · March 13, 2026
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Summary
Lawmakers referred HB 5417 to appropriations; the substitute removes the word "unused" and would grant tuition waivers to qualifying veterans' children while providing state funding to institutions to cover waiver costs, pending fiscal review.
Chair introduced HB 5417 as a proposal to allow children of qualifying veterans to use veterans' tuition waivers and to require state funding to compensate institutions for the waived…
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