Section 187-A:20-a Tuition Waived for Children of Certain Firefighters and Police Officers; Room and Board Scholarships.
I. A person who is a New Hampshire resident, who is under 25 years of age, and who enrolls in a program leading to a certificate, associate, or bachelor degree at any public postsecondary institution within the state, approved by the postsecondary education commission pursuant to RSA 188-D, shall not be required to pay tuition for attendance at such institution if he or she is the child of a firefighter or police officer who died while in performance of his or her duties, and whose death was found to be compensable pursuant to RSA 281-A.
II. (a) Any person entitled to a waiver of tuition under this section may apply for a room and board scholarship while attending the institution, to the extent of available funds. Applications for a room and board scholarship shall be filed annually with the postsecondary education commission. The commission shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to the development of criteria for awarding scholarships, development of scholarship application forms, application deadlines, scholarship amounts, provisions for continuing eligibility, and other procedures necessary to administer the room and board scholarships.
(b) There is hereby established in the office of the state treasurer a nonlapsing fund to be known as the room and board scholarship fund. The state treasurer shall invest the fund pursuant to RSA 6:8 and earnings shall be added to the fund. The fund shall be continually appropriated to the postsecondary education commission for the purpose of providing room and board scholarships as provided in this section, and shall not be diverted or used for any other purpose. The commission may apply for and accept gifts, grants, and donations from any source to be used for the purpose of providing room and board scholarships as provided in this section.
Source. 2004, 249:4, eff. July 1, 2004. 2009, 76:1, eff. Aug. 8, 2009.