2025 Regular Session SB 668

• At the request of: (at the request of Senator Noah Robinson)
• Bill Title: Relating to tuition benefits connected to disabled veterans; declaring an emergency.

Catchline/Summary

Digest: The Act allows Oregon veterans who are 80 percent disabled not to have to pay costs for certain college classes. The Act includes the spouse and child of those disabled veterans. The Act declares an emergency and becomes law when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.2).

Expands tuition benefits available to disabled veterans to permit veterans who are Oregon residents and are 80 percent or more disabled, and the spouse and child of disabled veterans, to have tuition waived for enrollment in a vocational program or an associate degree, baccalaureate degree or master's degree program at community colleges, public universities and the Oregon Health and Science University.

Prohibits the reduction of the amount of tuition that is waived by the amount of scholarships, grants or other aid a qualified student receives.

Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

• Fiscal Impact: Fiscal Impact Issued
• Revenue Impact: No Revenue Impact
• Current Location: In Senate Committee
• Current Committee: Joint Committee On Ways and Means