Section 173.1155

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES

Chapter 173

Effective - 28 Aug 2009, 2 histories, see footnote   (history) 

  173.1155.  Dependents of military personnel assigned geographically within this state eligible for in-state tuition. — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all dependents, as defined by 37 U.S.C. Section 401, of active duty military personnel, or activated or temporarily mobilized reservists or guard members, assigned to a permanent duty station or workplace geographically located in this state, who reside in this state, shall be deemed to be domiciled in this state for purposes of eligibility for in-state tuition and shall be eligible to receive in-state tuition at public institutions of higher education in this state.  All such dependents shall be afforded the same educational benefits as any other individual receiving in-state tuition so long as he or she is continuously enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate degree program of an institution of higher education in Missouri, or transferring between Missouri institutions of higher education or from an undergraduate degree program to a graduate degree program.

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(L. 2009 H.B. 427)