33-4302 SCHOLARSHIPS -- STATE AID.
EDUCATION
CHAPTER 43
SCHOLARSHIPS
33-4302. Scholarships -- State aid. (1) The following individuals shall be eligible for the scholarship program provided for herein:
(a) Any dependent of any Idaho citizen who is a resident of the state of Idaho on or after the effective date of this act and who has been determined by the federal government to be a prisoner of war or missing in action; or to have died of, or become disabled by, injuries or wounds sustained in action in southeast Asia, including Korea, or in Iraq or in Afghanistan or who shall become so hereafter, in any area of armed conflict in which the United States is a party; and
(b) Any dependent of any member of the armed forces of the United States who is stationed in the state of Idaho on military orders and who is deployed from the state of Idaho to any area of armed conflict in which the United States is a party and who has been determined by the federal government to be a prisoner of war or missing in action; or to have died of, or become disabled by, injuries or wounds sustained in action as a result of such deployment. Provided further, that such dependent must be a resident of the state of Idaho and must have completed secondary school or its equivalent in the state of Idaho.
(2) An eligible individual who applies for the scholarship provided for herein shall, after verification of eligibility, receive the scholarship and be admitted to attend any public institution of higher education or public professional-technical college within the state of Idaho without the necessity of paying tuition and fees therefor; such student shall be provided with books, equipment and supplies necessary for pursuit of such program of enrollment not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) per quarter, semester, intensified semester, or like educational period; such student shall be furnished on-campus housing and subsistence for each month he or she is enrolled under this program and actually resides in such on-campus facility; provided, however, that such educational benefits shall not exceed a total of thirty-six (36) months or four (4) nine (9) month periods. Provided further, that the initiation of such educational benefits shall extend for a period of ten (10) years after achieving a high school diploma or its equivalency, or for a period of ten (10) years after the event giving rise to the eligibility for the scholarship, whichever is longer.
(3) The dependent shall meet such other educational qualifications as such institution of higher education or professional-technical college has established for other prospective students of this state.
(4) Application for eligibility under this section shall be made to the state board of education and the board of regents of the university of Idaho or the state board of vocational-technical education. The board shall verify the eligibility of the dependent and communicate such eligibility to the dependent and the affected institution or college.
(5) Affected institutions shall in their preparation of future budgets include therein costs resultant from such tuition, fee, book, equipment, supply, housing and subsistence loss for reimbursement thereof from appropriations of state funds.
For the purposes of this section, a member of the armed forces of the United States is considered disabled if he or she is unable to perform with reasonable continuity the material duties of any gainful occupation for which he or she is reasonably fitted by education, training and experience.
(6) Applicants for the scholarship program herein prescribed shall provide institutional administrative personnel with documentation of their rights under this act.