2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 164 - STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES -- REGIONAL EDUCATION -- ARCHAEOLOGY 164.2842 Free tuition at state-supported school for survivor of police officer, firefighter, or volunteer firefighter permanently and totally disabled in line of duty -- Free tuition at state-supported school for survivor of other state-administered retirement system participants disabled as a result of duty-related injury.
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164.2842 Free tuition at state-supported school for survivor of police officer,
firefighter, or volunteer firefighter permanently and totally disabled in line
of duty -- Free tuition at state-supported school for survivor of other
state-administered retirement system participants disabled as a result of
duty-related injury.
(1)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
The spouse, regardless of age, and any child of a permanently and totally
disabled law enforcement officer, firefighter, or volunteer firefighter injured
while in active service or in training for active service, who is over the age
of seventeen (17) and under the age of twenty-three (23) shall not be
required to pay any matriculation or tuition fee upon his admission to any
state-supported university, community college, or vocational training
institution for a period not in excess of thirty-six (36) months in order to
obtain a diploma, nor in excess of the lesser number of months required
for a certificate of completion.
For the spouse or child to be entitled to benefits under this section, the
disabled law enforcement officer, firefighter, or volunteer firefighter shall
be rated permanently and totally disabled for pension purposes or one
hundred percent (100%) disabled for compensation purposes by the
Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, the appropriate city or county
law enforcement agency which employed the disabled, the administrative
agency for the fire department or fire protection district recognized for
funding under KRS 95A.262, or the administrative agency having
jurisdiction over any paid firefighters of all counties and cities of all
classes, or if deceased, the claim to benefits is to be based on the rating
held by the law enforcement officer, firefighter, or volunteer firefighter at
the time of death. The parent's or spouse's service and rating shall be
evidenced by certification from the records of the Kentucky Justice and
Public Safety Cabinet, the appropriate local law enforcement agency, the
administrative agency for the fire department or fire protection district
recognized for funding under KRS 95A.262, or the administrative agency
having jurisdiction over any paid firefighters of all counties and cities of all
classes.
In the absence of certification of permanent and total disability by the
Kentucky Department of Workers' Claims, the Kentucky Justice and
Public Safety Cabinet, the appropriate local law enforcement agency, the
administrative agency for the fire department or fire protection district
recognized for funding under KRS 95A.262, or the administrative agency
having jurisdiction over any paid firefighters of all counties and cities of all
classes, medical evidence showing permanent and total disability or the
existence of permanent and total disability for a period of at least thirty
(30) days immediately prior to death may be accepted, if this evidence is
signed by a physician licensed to practice or an official of an accredited
medical hospital.
The parent-child relationship shall be shown by birth certificate, legal
adoption papers, or other documentary evidence. The spousal
relationship shall be shown by a marriage certificate or other documentary
evidence.
(e)
(2)
(3)
To entitle a spouse or child to benefits under this section the disabled law
enforcement officer, firefighter, or volunteer firefighter shall have been a
resident of the Commonwealth of Kentucky upon becoming a law
enforcement officer, firefighter, or volunteer firefighter.
(a) The spouse, regardless of age, and any child of a person who was an
employee participating in a state-administered retirement system and not
otherwise covered by subsection (1) of this section and who was disabled
as a result of a duty-related injury as described in KRS 61.621, who is
over the age of seventeen (17) and under the age of twenty-three (23)
shall not be required to pay any matriculation or tuition fee upon his
admission to any state-supported university, community college, or
vocational training institution for a period not in excess of thirty-six (36)
months in order to obtain a diploma, nor in excess of the lesser number of
months required for a certificate of completion.
(b) The parent-child relationship shall be shown by birth certificate, legal
adoption papers, or other documentary evidence. The spousal
relationship shall be shown by a marriage certificate or other documentary
evidence.
The marriage of an eligible child shall not serve to deny full entitlement to the
benefits provided in this section.
Effective:July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 212, effective July 15, 2010. -Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 172, effective June 26, 2007. -- Amended
2001 Ky. Acts ch. 7, sec. 5, effective June 21, 2001. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts
ch. 181, sec. 100, effective April 4, 1994. Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 381,
sec. 10, effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 143, sec. 2,
effective July 13, 1990. -- Created 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 324, sec. 3, effective April
4, 1986.
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