To find out whether you or your child qualifies for any of these waivers, visit the Legislative Research Commission's Web site www.lrc.state.ky.us. to view these statutes in their entirety.
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Adopted and Foster Children
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KRS 164 — Must be a Kentucky student whose family receives state-funded adoption assistance under KRS 199.555, who is currently placed in foster care by the Cabinet for Families and Children or the Department of Juvenile Justice, who is in an independent living program funded by the Cabinet for Families and Children, who was in the custody of the Cabinet for Families and Children or the Department of Juvenile Justice prior to being adopted by a family that resides in Kentucky, or who was in the custody of the Cabinet for Families and Children on his or her 18th birthday. Student must enter college or vocational school no more than four years after graduating from high school. Available to part-time and full-time undergraduate students. Out-of-state students meeting eligibility requirements at time of application to a Kentucky school may apply for a waiver of up to the cost of in-state tuition.
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Tuition and mandatory student fee waiver at any public postsecondary institution for up to five years if satisfactory progress is achieved or maintained. If sum of tuition waiver and other student financial assistance, except loans, from all sources exceeds total cost of attendance, the tuition waiver shall be reduced by the amount exceeding the total cost of attendance.
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Financial aid office of the school you plan to attend or Fawn Conley, Chafee Independence Program, 275 East Main Street, 3 C-E, Frankfort, KY 40621, telephone (502) 564-2147, ext. 4497, e-mail fawn.conley@mail.state.ky.us.
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Dependents of Deceased Employees Participating
in State-Administered Retirement Systems
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KRS 164.2841 — Must be the child or nonremarried spouse of an employee participating in a state-administered retirement system who died of a duty-related injury. Must provide proof of relationship to the deceased and proof that the death/disability was duty related.
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Waiver of any matriculation or tuition fees at state-supported university, college, or vocational school.
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Contact the financial aid office of the Kentucky public higher education institution you plan to attend.
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Dependents of Disabled Employees Participating
in State-Administered Retirement Systems
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KRS 164.2842 — Must be the spouse or the child (over age 17 and under age 23) of an employee participating in a state-administered retirement system who was disabled due to a duty-related injury. Must provide proof of relationship to the disabled person and proof that the disability was duty related.
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Waiver of any matriculation or tuition fees at state-supported university, community college, or vocational school for no more than 36 months.
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Contact the financial aid office of the Kentucky public higher education institution you plan to attend.
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Dependents of Deceased or Disabled Kentucky
Law Enforcement Officers and Firefighters
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KRS 164.2841 — Must be the child or nonremarried spouse of a person who was a Kentucky resident on becoming a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or volunteer firefighter and who was killed while in active service or training for active service or who died as a result of a service-connected disability after June 30, 1989; be enrolled in a state-supported university, community college, or vocational school; and provide proof of relationship to the deceased and the circumstances of death.
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Full tuition and matriculation fees. This tuition waiver can be used in addition to other scholarships; any balance left may be applied toward incidental expenses and/or may be returned to the recipient.
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KRS 164.2842 — Must be the nonremarried widow or widower or child (who is over age 17 and under age 23) of a permanently and totally disabled law enforcement officer, firefighter, or volunteer firefighter injured while in active service or in training for active service while a resident of Kentucky, regardless of when the disability occurred; be enrolled in a state-supported university, community college, or vocational school; and provide proof of relationship and the qualifying disability.
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Full tuition and matriculation fees for up to 36 months
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Contact the financial aid office of the school you plan to attend; write to the Kentucky Fire Commission, 2750 Research Park Drive-Barn Annex, P.O. Box 14092, Lexington, KY 40512; or call (800) 782-6823.
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Dependents of Deceased or Totally Disabled Kentucky Veterans
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KRS 164.505 — Must be the child, stepchild, or nonremarried spouse of a serviceman or woman who was a Kentucky resident when he or she entered military service and who was killed while in service or died of a service-connected disability. Student must provide documentation of relationship to parent or spouse as well as documentation showing the parent's or spouse's military service and cause of death. If the student also receives a scholarship payable to the school, the scholarship must be applied to incidental expenses and any balance returned to the student if the terms of the scholarship allow.
KRS 164.507 — Must be the child or stepchild between the ages of 17 and 23 or the nonremarried spouse of a deceased veteran who was a resident of Kentucky or married to a resident of Kentucky at the time of death and who served in the U.S. Armed Forces during a national emergency, war declared by Congress, or action of the United Nations or who was killed on active duty or died of a service-connected disability acquired while on active duty. Student must provide documentation of relationship to parent or spouse as well as documentation showing the parent's or spouse's military service and cause of death. A stepchild must have been a member of the veteran's household when the veteran died. If the student also receives a scholarship payable to the school, the scholarship must be applied to incidental expenses and any balance returned to the student if the terms of the scholarship allow.
KRS 164.512 — Must be the child of a veteran who has acquired a disability as a direct result of the veteran's service. To be entitled to benefits under this section, the child claiming benefits must have acquired a disability determined by the U.S. Veterans Administration as compensable. Must document the parent-child relationship. To entitle a child to benefit under this section the member of the National Guard or Reserve Component veteran living or deceased must have served on state active duty, active duty for training, or inactive duty training or the veteran must have served on active duty with the Armed Forces of the United States, and the discharge must have been under honorable conditions. The veteran must be a resident or, if deceased, must have been a resident of Kentucky.
KRS 164.515 — Must be the child or stepchild over 17 and under 23 or the spouse of a permanently and totally disabled member of the Kentucky National Guard or Reserve Component injured while on state active duty, active duty for training, or inactive duty training; or a permanently and totally disabled war veteran; or a 100% service-connected disabled veteran regardless of wartime service; or prisoner of war or member of the Armed Services declared missing in action.
A living veteran must be rated permanently and totally disabled for pension purposes or 100% disabled for compensation purposes by the U.S. Veterans Administration or the Department of Defense. If the veteran is deceased, the claim to benefits is to be based on the rating held by the veteran at the time of death. If a prisoner of war or missing in action, the veteran must have been declared as such by the Department of Defense. Members of the Kentucky National Guard must be rated permanently and totally disabled as provided in KRS Chapter 342. Must document the parent's, stepparent's, or spouse's service and rating.
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Tuition waiver at any state-supported university, community college, or vocational training school .
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Contact the Veterans Affairs Office of the school you plan to attend; write to the John Kramer, Kentucky Department for Veterans Affairs, 545 South Third Street, Room 123, Louisville, KY 40202; or call (502) 595-4447 or toll free (800) 928-4012.
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