Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB282: Revise laws related to tuition waiver laws for American Indian students
Status: Introduced, February 22, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act revising laws related to tuition waivers for american indian students; amending section 20-25-421, mca; and providing an effective date.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT REVISING LAWS RELATED TO TUITION WAIVERS FOR AMERICAN INDIAN STUDENTS; AMENDING SECTION 20-25-421, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: Section 1. Section 20-25-421, MCA, is amended to read: "20-25-421. Charges for tuition -- waivers. (1) The regents may prescribe tuition rates, matriculation charges, and incidental fees for students in institutions under their jurisdiction. (2) The regents may utilize waivers in tuition and fees to aid in the recruitment of students to units of the university system and to promote the policy of assisting the categories of students specified in this subsection. The regents may: (a) waive or discount nonresident tuition for selected and approved nonresident students, including nonresident students who enroll under provisions of any WICHE-sponsored state reciprocal agreements that provide for the payment, when required, of the student support fee by the reciprocal state; (b) waive resident tuition for students at least 62 years of age; (c) waive tuition and fees for: (i) persons who have one-fourth Indian blood or more or are enrolled members or descendants of a federally recognized Indian tribe located within the boundaries of the state of Montana and who have been bona fide residents of Montana for at least 1 year prior to enrollment in …
Sponsors
- Running Wolf, Tyson (D, 16) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (H) Died in Process
- : (H) Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal
- : (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- : (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- : (H) Tabled in Committee
- : (H) Fiscal Note Received
- : (H) Bill Withdrawn
- : (H) Hearing Canceled
- : (H) Hearing
- : (H) Fiscal Note Printed
Subjects: Education - Post-Secondary, Indians
Common questions
- What is HB282?
- HB282 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revise laws related to tuition waiver laws for American Indian students.
- What does HB282 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act revising laws related to tuition waivers for american indian students; amending section 20-25-421, mca; and providing an effective date.".
- What is the status of HB282?
- Introduced as of February 22, 2025. Latest action: (H) Died in Process (May 20, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB282?
- Running Wolf, Tyson (D, 16).
- Where is the official record for HB282?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2332
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