Bill Text: VA HB132 | 2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Commissioned officers; tuition-free instruction at higher educational institutions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-04-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0778) [HB132 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2014-HB132-Chaptered.html

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CHAPTER 778 An Act to amend and reenact §23-108 of the Code of Virginia, relating to commissioned officers; tuition-free instruction. [H 132] Approved April 23, 2014

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §23-108 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§23-108. Commissioned officers may become students.

Any commissioned officer of the organized militia and Governor's military staff of this the Commonwealth may become a student at any state institution of higher learning education for a period not exceeding ten 10 months, and receive instruction in any or all the departments of military science, emergency management, emergency services, public safety, and disaster management taught therein without being required to pay any fee or charge for tuition.

2. That the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, in consultation with the Department of Military Affairs, shall establish guidelines for the implementation of the provisions of this act.