164.5161 Kentucky National Guard Tuition Award Program -- Administrative regulations. (1) "Educational institution" means an in-state public or private postsecondary educational institution. (2) The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky establishes the National Guard Tuition Award Program to provide members of the Kentucky National Guard the opportunity to attend an in-state educational institution. The tuition paid shall be up to or equal to the in-state full or part-time tuition rate of the institution the member attends except that tuition paid in support of a member attending a private postsecondary educational institution shall be up to or equal to the average in-state full or part-time tuition rate of a public university or community college. Until the appropriation for the tuition assistance program of the Department of Military Affairs is first fully funded by the General Assembly, tuition for a member to attend a private institution shall not be paid. The tuition award program shall be established in the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority. (3) The Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A, shall promulgate administrative regulations necessary to the financial management of the tuition award program. (4) The Department of Military Affairs, pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A, shall promulgate administrative regulations concerning the eligibility of members to participate in the tuition award program established in this section. Effective: July 14, 2000 History: Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 548, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2000. -- Created 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 220, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1996.