RSA 187-A:20-a · Tuition Waived for Children of Certain Firefighters and Police Officers; Room and Board Scholarships

187-A:20-a Tuition Waived for Children of Certain Firefighters and Police Officers; Room and Board Scholarships. –
I. A person who is a New Hampshire resident, who is under 25 years of age, and who enrolls in a program leading to a certificate, associate, or bachelor degree at any public postsecondary institution within the state shall not be required to pay tuition for attendance at such institution if he or she is the child of a firefighter or police officer who died while in performance of his or her duties, and whose death was found to be compensable pursuant to RSA 281-A.
II. (a) Any person entitled to a waiver of tuition under this section may apply for a room and board scholarship while attending the institution, to the extent of available funds. The board of trustees of the university system of New Hampshire and the board of trustees of the community college system of New Hampshire shall have the authority to develop policies for their respective institutions relative to the development of criteria for awarding scholarships, development of scholarship application forms, application deadlines, scholarship amounts, provisions for continuing eligibility, and other procedures necessary to administer the room and board scholarships.
(b) [Repealed.]
Source. 2004, 249:4. 2009, 76:1. 2011, 224:130. 2013, 164:4, eff. June 28, 2013. 2023, 127:4, II, eff. Jan. 1, 2024.