§ 33-6-5 Tuition benefits for National Guard members at state educational institutions under management of Board of Regents--Limitation.

SD Codified L § 33-6-5 (2019) (N/A)

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33-6-5. Tuition benefits for National Guard members at state educational institutions under management of Board of Regents--Limitation. Any member of the National Guard of the State of South Dakota is, upon compliance with all the requirements for admission and subject to the provisions of § 33-6-7, entitled to a benefit as prescribed by this section and § 33-6-5.1 to attend and pursue any undergraduate course or courses in any state educational institution under the control and management of the Board of Regents. Any resident is entitled to a benefit of fifty percent of the in-state resident tuition to be paid or otherwise credited by the Board of Regents. Any nonresident is entitled to a benefit of fifty percent of the in-state resident tuition to be paid or otherwise credited by the Board of Regents. However, the state benefit is paid after applying the federal tuition benefit. The total federal and state benefit may not exceed one hundred percent of the tuition cost. The benefits established under §§ 33-6-5 to 33-6-8, inclusive, may not exceed one hundred twenty-eight credit hours towards a baccalaureate degree.

Source: SL 1975, ch 147, § 1; SL 2004, ch 220, § 1; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), §§ 18, 27 eff. Apr. 12, 2011; SL 2016, ch 109, § 12.

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