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REFERENCE TITLE: national guard tuition reimbursement |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Forty-ninth Legislature Second Regular Session 2010
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HB 2535 |
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Introduced by Representatives Gowan, Antenori, Seel: Boone, Burges, Driggs, Goodale, Lesko, Mason, Montenegro, Pratt, Stevens, Weiers JP, Senators Melvin, Pearce R
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AN ACT
Amending section 26-179, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to national guard tuition reimbursement.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 26-179, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
26-179. Tuition and fees reimbursement; eligibility
A. Any qualified national guardsman who has completed a semester as a full‑time or part‑time graduate or undergraduate student at a public or private postsecondary educational institution for which credit toward a degree or diploma is granted or a certificated vocational technical school in this state may apply for a tuition and fees reimbursement. The adjutant general shall annually adopt procedures to allocate the appropriated monies in a manner consistent with the personnel needs of the Arizona national guard, except that:
1. No right to reimbursement exists beyond the amounts appropriated by the legislature.
2. Reimbursement shall be paid to no more than seven hundred qualified applicants each year and shall be allocated according to the date of application on a first come, first served basis.
B. To be eligible for tuition and fees reimbursement, a national guardsman shall:
1. Be a bona fide member of an Arizona army national guard unit or Arizona air national guard unit throughout each semester for which he applies for such reimbursement.
2. Have satisfactorily completed initial active duty service.
3. Have satisfactorily performed duty upon return from initial active duty training, including a minimum ninety per cent attendance on scheduled drill dates and at annual training with his parent unit.
4. Maintain an average academic grade of "C" or better for each semester. In addition, reimbursement is not allowed for any course the guardsman fails or from which the guardsman withdraws.
5. Not be eligible for a certificate of eligibility and benefits under the veterans' readjustment benefits act of 1966 for the same period.
Sec. 2. Guardsmen tuition reimbursement appropriation; prohibited lump sum reduction in fiscal year 2010‑2011
Notwithstanding any other law, the adjutant general shall not apply any lump sum reduction in appropriations required by the legislature for fiscal year 2010-2011 against any line item appropriation for guardsmen tuition reimbursement.