HB 1078 -- Tuition Grants

Sponsor:  Cunningham (145)

This bill allows the children and the spouse of a soldier who is
killed in action after September 11, 2001, or who becomes 80%
disabled as the result of an injury sustained in combat action
after September 11, 2001, to receive an educational grant for
tuition at a public or private college or university in Missouri.
The tuition grant cannot exceed what is charged a resident by the
University of Missouri-Columbia.  The veteran must have been a
Missouri resident at the time of death or the injury in order for
his or her survivors to receive this grant.  In addition to the
full cost of tuition, the grant includes $2,000 per semester for
room and board and the actual cost of books up to $500 per
semester.

Children are eligible to receive the scholarship until age 25.
Spouses are eligible until age 45.  No eligible student will
receive a grant for more than 100% of tuition when combined with
similar funds given to the student.

The provisions of the bill will expire six years from the
effective date.

Missouri House of Representatives
93rd General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated November 29, 2006 at 9:42 am