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2017 Utah Code
Title 53B - State System of Higher Education
Chapter 13b - Veterans Tuition Gap Program Act
Section 102 - Definitions.
Universal Citation: UT Code § 53B-13b-102 (2017)
Effective 5/9/2017
53B-13b-102. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
Amended by Chapter 143, 2017 General Session
53B-13b-102. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
- (1) "Federal program" means a veterans educational assistance program established in:
- (a) United States Code, Title 10, Chapter 1606, Educational Assistance for Members of the Selected Reserve;
- (b) United States Code, Title 38, Chapter 30, All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Program;
- (c) United States Code, Title 38, Chapter 31, Training and Rehabilitation for Veterans with Service-Connected Disabilities;
- (d) United States Code, Title 38, Chapter 32, Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance; or
- (e) United States Code, Title 38, Chapter 33, Post-9/11 Educational Assistance.
- (2) "Institution of higher education" or "institution" means:
- (a) an institution of higher education listed in Subsection 53B-2-101(1); or
- (b) a private, nonprofit, postsecondary institution located in Utah that is accredited by a recognized accrediting organization recognized by the United States Department of Education.
- (3) "Program" means the Veterans Tuition Gap Program created in this chapter.
- (4)
- (a) "Qualifying military veteran" means a veteran, as defined in Section 68-3-12.5, who:
- (i) is a resident student under Section 53B-8-102 and rules of the board;
- (ii) is accepted into an institution and enrolled in a program leading to a bachelor's degree;
- (iii)
- (A) has exhausted the federal benefit under a federal program; or
- (B) demonstrates that the veteran no longer qualifies to receive federal benefits under any federal program; and
- (iv) has not completed a bachelor's degree.
- (b) "Qualifying military veteran" does not include a family member.
- (a) "Qualifying military veteran" means a veteran, as defined in Section 68-3-12.5, who:
Amended by Chapter 143, 2017 General Session
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