KRS § 164.2842 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 164 / Section 164.2842
164.2842 Free tuition at state-supported school for survivor of police officer, firefighter, or volunteer firefighter permanently and totally disabled in line of duty -- Free tuition at state-supported school for survivor of other state-administered retirement system participants disabled as a result of duty-related injury
Status: in_force

164.2842 Free tuition at state-supported school for survivor of police officer,

firefighter, or volunteer firefighter permanently and totally disabled in line of

duty -- Free tuition at state-supported school for survivor of other state-

administered retirement system participants disabled as a result of duty-

related injury.

(1) (a) The spouse, regardless of age, and any child of a permanently and totally

disabled law enforcement officer, firefighter, or volunteer firefighter injured

while in active service or in training for active service, who is over the age of

seventeen (17) and under the age of twenty-three (23) shall not be required to

pay any matriculation or tuition fee upon his admission to any state-supported

university, community college, or vocational training institution for a period

not in excess of thirty-six (36) months in order to obtain a diploma, nor in

excess of the lesser number of months required for a certificate of completion.

(b) For the spouse or child to be entitled to benefits under this section, the

disabled law enforcement officer, firefighter, or volunteer firefighter shall be

rated permanently and totally disabled for pension purposes or one hundred

percent (100%) disabled for compensation purposes by the Kentucky Justice

and Public Safety Cabinet, the appropriate city or county law enforcement

agency which employed the disabled, the administrative agency for the fire

department or fire protection district recognized for funding under KRS

95A.262, or the administrative agency having jurisdiction over any paid

firefighters of all counties and cities of all classes, or if deceased, the claim to

benefits is to be based on the rating held by the law enforcement officer,

firefighter, or volunteer firefighter at the time of death. The parent's or

spouse's service and rating shall be evidenced by certification from the records

of the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, the appropriate local law

enforcement agency, the administrative agency for the fire department or fire

protection district recognized for funding under KRS 95A.262, or the

administrative agency having jurisdiction over any paid firefighters of all

counties and cities of all classes.

(c) In the absence of certification of permanent and total disability by the

Kentucky Department of Workers' Claims, the Kentucky Justice and Public

Safety Cabinet, the appropriate local law enforcement agency, the

administrative agency for the fire department or fire protection district

recognized for funding under KRS 95A.262, or the administrative agency

having jurisdiction over any paid firefighters of all counties and cities of all

classes, medical evidence showing permanent and total disability or the

existence of permanent and total disability for a period of at least thirty (30)

days immediately prior to death may be accepted, if this evidence is signed by

a physician licensed to practice or an official of an accredited medical

hospital.

(d) The parent-child relationship shall be shown by birth certificate, legal

adoption papers, or other documentary evidence. The spousal relationship

shall be shown by a marriage certificate or other documentary evidence.

(e) To entitle a spouse or child to benefits under this section the disabled law

enforcement officer, firefighter, or volunteer firefighter shall have been a

resident of the Commonwealth of Kentucky upon becoming a law

enforcement officer, firefighter, or volunteer firefighter.

(2) (a) The spouse, regardless of age, and any child of a person who was an employee

participating in a state-administered retirement system and not otherwise

covered by subsection (1) of this section and who was disabled as a result of a

duty-related injury as described in KRS 61.621, who is over the age of

seventeen (17) and under the age of twenty-three (23) shall not be required to

pay any matriculation or tuition fee upon his admission to any state-supported

university, community college, or vocational training institution for a period

not in excess of thirty-six (36) months in order to obtain a diploma, nor in

excess of the lesser number of months required for a certificate of completion.

(b) The parent-child relationship shall be shown by birth certificate, legal

adoption papers, or other documentary evidence. The spousal relationship

shall be shown by a marriage certificate or other documentary evidence.

(3) The marriage of an eligible child shall not serve to deny full entitlement to the

benefits provided in this section.