2005 West Virginia Code - §18-19-3. — No tuition fees to be charged; how funds to be expended; cessation of allowances.

§18-19-3. No tuition fees to be charged; how funds to be expended; cessation of allowances.

(a) A state post-secondary education or training institution may not charge tuition and fees to an eligible applicant attending that institution pursuant to this article. The funds herein appropriated shall be expended by the West Virginia Division of Veterans' Affairs only for matriculation fees, board, room rent, books, supplies and other necessary living expenses of those children.
(b) In the event that a child eligible for a tuition waiver pursuant to this section attends a private post-secondary education or training institution where the tuition waiver is not applicable, that child remains eligible for up to two thousand dollars per year in education benefits pursuant to section two of this article.
(c) In addition to the tuition waiver available pursuant to this section, a child attending a state post-secondary education or training institution is eligible for up to two thousand dollars per year in education benefits as provided in section two of this article.
(d) The division is charged with the duty of disbursing the funds herein provided and shall draw its requisitions upon the State Auditor for that purpose. In its discretion the division, if satisfied as to the accuracy and amounts of the expenditures, shall make the requisitions payable to the post-secondary education or training institutions or to those furnishing to the children board, room rent, books, supplies and other necessary living expenses.
(e) If a child receiving benefits or tuition waivers pursuant to this article withdraws from the institution, all allowances to the child shall cease.
(f) A member or employee of the division may not receive any additional compensation for the services herein required.
(g) Acceptance of benefits or tuition waivers pursuant to this article does not limit the acceptance of any other scholarship or grant for which a student may be eligible.
(h) Notwithstanding the provisions of this article to the contrary, until the first day of January, two thousand seven, benefits received pursuant to this article may be used for educational opportunities received at an education or training institution that is below the post-secondary level.