KRS § 164.2841 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 164 / Section 164.2841
164.2841 Free tuition at state-supported school for survivor of police officer, firefighter, or volunteer firefighter killed in line of duty -- Free tuition at state-supported school for survivor of other state-administered retirement system participants who died as a result of duty-related injury -- Limitation
Status: in_force

164.2841 Free tuition at state-supported school for survivor of police officer,

firefighter, or volunteer firefighter killed in line of duty -- Free tuition at state-

supported school for survivor of other state-administered retirement system

participants who died as a result of duty-related injury -- Limitation.

(1) (a) Any person whose parent or any nonmarried widow or widower whose spouse

was a resident of the Commonwealth of Kentucky upon becoming a law

enforcement officer, firefighter, or volunteer firefighter and who was killed

while in active service or training for active service or who died as a result of

a service-connected disability shall not be required to pay any matriculation or

tuition fee upon admission to any state-supported university, community

college, or vocational training institution. The provisions of this subsection

shall apply to any firefighter or volunteer firefighter who is killed or dies

under the conditions covered in this subsection on July 1, 1989, or thereafter.

(b) In order to obtain the benefits conferred by paragraph (a) of this subsection,

the parent-child relationship shall be shown by birth certificate, adoption

papers, or other documentary evidence. The spousal relationship shall be

shown by a marriage certificate or other documentary evidence. The parent's

or spouse's service and the cause of death shall be evidenced by certification

from the records of the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, the

appropriate city or county law enforcement agency which employed the

deceased, 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.

(2) (a) Any person whose parent or any nonmarried widow or widower whose spouse

was an employee participating in a state-administered retirement system, and

not otherwise covered by subsection (1) of this section, and who died as a

result of a duty-related injury as described in KRS 61.621 shall not be

required to pay any matriculation or tuition fee upon admission to any state-

supported university, community college, or vocational training institution.

(b) In order to obtain the benefits conferred by paragraph (a) of this subsection,

the parent-child relationship shall be shown by birth certificate, adoption

papers, or other documentary evidence. The spousal relationship shall be

shown by a marriage certificate or other documentary evidence. The parent's

or spouse's service and the cause of death shall be evidenced by certification

from the records of the employing agency or the appropriate retirement

system.

(3) If one so admitted to a state-supported university, community college, or vocational

training institution under the provisions of this section shall have obtained a cash

scholarship paid or payable to the institution, from whatever source, the amount of

the scholarship shall be applied to the credit of the applicant in the payment of

incidental expenses of his attendance at the institution, and any balance, if the terms

of the scholarship permit, shall be returned to the applicant.