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

SB 295: 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 March 26, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee

Plain-language summary

SB 295 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on January 24, 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: Rusty Crowe (Republican). Most recent recorded action (March 26, 2025): Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Rusty Crowe (Republican).