Tennessee HB 2710: Education, Higher - As enacted, authorizes the governing board for each public institution of higher education to classify a veteran or military-affiliated individual as a Tennessee resident for tuition purposes if the veteran or military-affliated individual is enrolled in the institution and resides outside of this state. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 13.

Bill Text

SENATE BILL 2486 
 By Briggs 
 
HOUSE BILL 2710 
By Ragan 
 
 
HB2710 
012795 
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, 
Chapter 7, Part 13, relative to the Tennessee 
Veterans Education Transition Support Act. 
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: 
 SECTION 1.  Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-7-1303, is amended by adding 
the following subdivision:  
(  )  "Military-affiliated" means active-duty military personnel, reservists, members 
of the national guard, and reserve officer training corps program cadets. 
 SECTION 2.  Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-7-1304, is amended by 
designating the existing language as subsection (a) and adding the following as a new 
subsection: 
(b)  The board of regents, the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee, 
and each state university board of trustees may classify a veteran or military-affiliated 
individual as a Tennessee resident who is not required to pay out-of-state tuition or an 
out-of-state fee if the veteran or military-affiliated individual is: 
(1)  Enrolled in the public institution of higher education; and 
(2)  Resides outside the state of Tennessee. 
 SECTION 3.  This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.