§ 29:288 — Educational benefits for children, spouses, and surviving spouses of veterans

Louisiana § 29:288

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 29: Minerals, Oil and Gas and Environmental Quality

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§288. Educational benefits for children, spouses, and surviving spouses of veterans
A.(1) For the purpose of this Subsection, "qualified veteran" shall mean a member
of the armed forces of the United States of America who:
(a) Was either killed in action, died in active service from other causes, is missing
in action, is a prisoner of war, died as a result of a service-connected disability incurred
during a wartime period as defined in R.S. 29:251.2, or who, prior to death, was rated ninety
to one hundred percent service-connected disabled by the United States Department of
Veterans Affairs by evaluation of the rating schedule or was determined by the department
to be unemployable as a result of a service-connected disability, and who was a resident of
Louisiana for a period of not less than twelve months immediately preceding entrance into
service or for a period not less than twelve months prior to the veteran's death or who had
been permanently assigned and reported for duty to an active, National Guard, or Reserve
installation or assignment in the state of Louisiana.
(b) Is rated ninety to one hundred percent service-connected disabled by the United
States Department of Veterans Affairs by evaluation of the rating schedule or is determined
by the department to be unemployable as a result of a service-connected disability and has
been a resident of Louisiana for a period of not less than twelve months prior to the veteran's
child's admission into a program of education at a public postsecondary institution.
(2) Any child, not less than sixteen nor more than twenty-five years of age, of a
qualified veteran may attend any public postsecondary education institution within the state
without having to pay tuition, matriculation, registration, laboratory, athletic, medical, and
other school-imposed fees, including but not limited to nonresidency and other special fees.
B.(1) For the purpose of this Subsection, "qualified veteran" shall mean a member
of the armed forces of the United States of America who was killed in action, died in active
service from other causes, is missing in action, is a prisoner of war, died as a result of a
service-connected disability incurred during a wartime period as defined in R.S. 29:251.2,
or who, prior to death, was rated ninety to one hundred percent service-connected disabled
by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs by evaluation of the rating schedule or
was determined by the department to be unemployable as a result of a service-connected
disability, and was a resident of Louisiana for a period of not less than twelve months
immediately preceding entrance into service or for a period not less than twelve months prior
to death or who had been permanently assigned and reported for duty to an active, National
Guard, or Reserve installation or assignment in the state of Louisiana.
(2) A spouse or surviving spouse of a qualified veteran, within ten years from the
date of eligibility, may attend any public postsecondary education institution within the state
without having to pay tuition, matriculation, registration, laboratory, athletic, medical, and
other school-imposed fees, including but not limited to nonresidency and other special fees.
C. The public postsecondary education institution shall not grant the benefits
provided under the provisions of this Section if the student has received or is receiving the
benefits provided under the provisions of R.S. 17:1686.

Legislative History

Amended by Acts 1952, No. 562, §1; Acts 1970, No. 666, §1; Acts 1972, No. 131, §1; Acts 1973, No. 170, §1; Acts 1977, No. 636, §1; Acts 1990, No. 350, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1195, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1031, §1; Acts 2023, No. 46, §1, eff. June 1, 2023; Acts 2024, No. 74, §1.