80-411. Waiver of tuition and fees at institutions of higher education; qualifications; application; Director of Veterans' Affairs; approval; effect.
(1) If the requirements of subsection (2) of this section are met, the University of Nebraska, the state colleges, and the community colleges shall waive the following for a dependent of a veteran:
(a) All tuition; and
(b) All fees remaining due after subtracting awarded federal financial aid grants and state scholarships and grants.
(2) A person shall be eligible for the waiver of tuition and such fees if he or she meets the following requirements:
(a) He or she is a resident of this state and meets the appropriate institution's requirements for establishing residency for the purpose of paying instate tuition;
(b) He or she has a parent, stepparent, or spouse who was a member of the armed forces of the United States and who:
(i) Died of a service-connected disability;
(ii) Died subsequent to discharge as a result of injury or illness sustained while a member of the armed forces which may or may not have resulted in total disability;
(iii) Is permanently and totally disabled as a result of military service. Permanent and total disability does not include total ratings or other temporary ratings except total ratings based on individual unemployability if permanent; or
(iv) While a member of the armed forces of the United States, is classified as missing in action or as a prisoner of war during armed hostilities; and
(c) If he or she is a child or stepchild of a person described in subdivision (2)(b) of this section, he or she is under the age of twenty-six years unless he or she serves on active duty with the armed forces after his or her eighteenth birthday but before his or her twenty-sixth birthday, in which case such period shall end five years after his or her first discharge or release from such duty with the armed forces, but in no event shall such period be extended beyond the thirty-first birthday.
(3) An application for a waiver shall be submitted on a form to be prescribed by the Director of Veterans' Affairs.
(4) If the director determines that the applicant is eligible for the waiver, the director shall so certify to the institution in which the applicant desires to enroll. The decision of the director shall, in the absence of fraud or misrepresentation on the part of the applicant, be final and shall be binding upon the applicant and upon the institutions specified in this section. The director shall adopt and promulgate reasonable rules and regulations for the administration of this section.
(5) The waiver shall be valid for one degree, diploma, or certificate from a community college and one baccalaureate degree. Receipt of such degree, diploma, or certificate from a community college shall precede receipt of such baccalaureate degree.
Source
Cross References
Structure Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 80 - Servicemembers and Veterans
80-102.01 - County veterans service committee; acceptance of gifts, devises, and bequests.
80-103 - County veterans service committee; members; removal from office; filling of vacancy.
80-105 - Veterans; graves; headstones.
80-106 - Veterans; burial expenses; payment.
80-107 - Veterans graves, markers; furnish, when.
80-108 - Veterans graves; petition for markers.
80-201 - Memorials; authority to erect.
80-202 - Memorials; erection; plans; publication; tax authorized; limitation.
80-203 - Memorials; ordinance to erect; referendum; effect.
80-204 - Memorial; erection; initiative petition; effect.
80-205 - Elections; laws governing.
80-206 - POW/MIA flag; display; when; conditions.
80-301 - Transferred to section 80-315.
80-301.02 - Transferred to section 80-326.
80-302 - Transferred to section 80-317.
80-304 - Transferred to section 80-314.
80-304.01 - Transferred to section 80-327.
80-305 - Transferred to section 80-318.
80-306 - Transferred to section 80-319.
80-307 - Transferred to section 80-320.
80-308 - Transferred to section 80-321.
80-309 - Transferred to section 80-331.
80-311 - Transferred to section 80-328.
80-312 - Transferred to section 80-329.
80-313 - Transferred to section 80-330.
80-314 - Veterans homes; director; duties; rules and regulations.
80-315 - Nebraska veterans homes; establishment.
80-316 - Veterans homes; purpose; admission; requirements.
80-317 - Nebraska veterans homes; Veterans' Homes Board; rules of membership; application.
80-318 - Veterans' Homes Board; members; appointment; compensation; expenses.
80-319 - Veterans' Homes Board; duties; powers; meetings.
80-320 - Director; rules and regulations.
80-321 - Member; payment for care; public expense.
80-322 - Reimbursement of costs.
80-322.01 - Department of Veterans' Affairs Cash Fund; created; investment.
80-325 - Administrator of Nebraska veterans homes; qualifications.
80-326 - Veterans' Home Building Fund; created; purposes; investment.
80-329 - County board; lease or sell property for use as a veterans home; terms.
80-330 - Property used as a veterans home; utility service; state provide; how compensated.
80-331 - Norfolk Veterans' Home.
80-333 - Contracts and other documents; how treated.
80-334 - Existing suits and proceedings; how treated.
80-336 - Property; funds; appropriations; effect of transfer.
80-401.03 - Director; duties; assistants; state service office.
80-401.04 - Department of Veterans' Affairs; jurisdiction; State Department of Education; functions.
80-401.06 - Veterans' Advisory Commission; members; appointment; qualifications.
80-401.07 - Veterans' Advisory Commission; members; tenure of office.
80-401.08 - Veterans' Advisory Commission; members; chairperson; expenses.
80-401.09 - Veterans' Advisory Commission; duties; meetings.
80-401.10 - Director; seal; adopt; rules and regulations; fiscal year.
80-401.11 - Department of Veterans' Affairs; offices; employees.
80-402 - Veterans aid; conscientious objectors denied relief.
80-403 - Veterans relief; persons eligible; disbursements.
80-404 - Gifts, power to accept; property, exemption from tax.
80-404.04 - Commissioner of Education; federal funds; disbursement.
80-405 - Veterans relief; obtaining by fraud; penalty.
80-406 - County service committee; members; appointment.
80-408 - County veterans service officer; officers and employees; oath; bond.
80-409 - County service committee; offices; tax; levy.
80-412 - Graves; Director of Veterans' Affairs; permanent registry.
80-413 - Land used for veterans services; retrocession of jurisdiction.
80-415 - Veterans Employment Program Fund; created; use; investment.
80-416 - Adoption of pet animal; financial support for veterans; program; administration.
80-417 - Pets for Vets Cash Fund; created; use; investment.
80-603 - Veterans; mentally ill; jurisdiction of courts.
80-604 - Veterans; mentally ill; order of commitment by court of another state; effect.
80-605 - Veterans; mentally ill; commitment; transfer; procedure.
80-606 - Department of Health and Human Services; hospitals of federal government; lack of control.
80-901 - Member of Active Selected Reserve; tuition credit; amount; duration.