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Committee refers bill to let children of veterans use veteranstuition waivers, seeks fiscal analysis
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 revenue. The chair explained the substitute removes the administrative burden of tracking "unused" waivers and instead provides a statutory waiver to a child of a qualifying veteran, with funding to the institutions that provide the waiver. Representative Ackert, who identified himself as a veteran, said he supported the concept but pressed for a full fiscal accounting by OFA and asked whether a child could still use a waiver if the veteran already used theirs; the chair answered, "Yes." Members agreed to move the bill to appropriations so the fiscal implications can be evaluated.
