Tennessee · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026) · Bill

HB 299: Education, Higher - As introduced, extends to the dependent children and spouses of veterans who sustained a permanent and total service-connected disability during a qualifying period of armed conflict the same waiver of all tuition and fees at public institutions of higher education being provided to the dependent children and spouses of veterans who were killed, died due to injuries received, or reported as prisoners of war or missing in action during a qualifying period of armed conflict. - Amends TCA Title 49.

In committee Last action February 3, 2025: P2C, ref. to Education Committee

Plain-language summary

HB 299 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on January 22, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Education, Higher - As introduced, extends to the dependent children and spouses of veterans who sustained a permanent and total service-connected disability during a qualifying period of armed conflict the same waiver of all tuition and fees at public institutions of higher education being provided to the dependent children and spouses of veterans who were killed, died due to injuries received, or reported as prisoners of war or missing in action during a qualifying period of armed conflict. - Amends TCA Title 49. Primary sponsor: Jay Reedy (Republican). Most recent recorded action (February 3, 2025): P2C, ref. to Education Committee.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Jay Reedy (Republican).