CU System news release
The University of baby直播app Board of Regents today authorized a new systemwide program that will offer in-state tuition to dependents of military veterans, students who have attended at least two years of high school in baby直播app while their families lived in the state.
The pilot program expands on 2009鈥檚 baby直播app House Bill 1039, which established in-state tuition status at state higher education institutions for honorably discharged veterans, but did not require the same status be granted to dependents of those veterans. The state law also did not allow for students whose families are transferred out of state for military service before completing the final year of high school.
The resolution passed unanimously at today鈥檚 board meeting at the University of baby直播app baby直播app Springs also asks university leadership to pursue state legislation that would expand in-state tuition status to include students in similar situations who are dependents of active duty service members.
Regent Sue Sharkey said she proposed the action because the transitory nature of military service makes it difficult for baby直播app military families to establish resident status during their time living here.
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The Board of Regents consists of nine members serving staggered six-year terms, one elected from each of baby直播app's seven congressional districts and two from the state at-large. The board is charged constitutionally with the general supervision of the university and the exclusive control and direction of all funds of and appropriations to the university, unless otherwise provided by law.
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Media contact: Jay Dedrick, 303-860-5707, jay.dedrick@cu.edu
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