2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 396 - Nevada System of Higher Education › NRS 396.544 - Waiver of fees for members of Nevada National Guard; assignment to spouse or child; eligibility for waiver; verification of membership in Guard; reimbursement upon failure of recruit to enter Guard.

1. The Board of Regents of the University of Nevada may grant a waiver of registration fees and laboratory fees for any member of the active Nevada National Guard, including, without limitation, a recruit, who attends a school within the System as a full-time or part-time student.
2. A member of the active Nevada National Guard who has reenlisted may, in lieu of using the waiver himself or herself and regardless of whether the member was granted a waiver pursuant to this section before reenlistment:
(a) Assign such a waiver to his or her spouse or child for credits applicable toward the course work required for the award to the spouse or child of an associate’s degree, baccalaureate degree or certificate at any school within the System.
(b) Reassign such a waiver to his or her spouse or child, as applicable, if the person to whom the waiver was assigned pursuant to paragraph (a) does not use the waiver to attend a school within the System as a full-time or part-time student.
For each period of reenlistment of a member, the benefit provided pursuant to this subsection may only be used by one eligible person.
3. For the purpose of assessing fees and charges against a person to whom a waiver is granted, assigned or reassigned pursuant to subsection 1 or 2, including, without limitation, tuition charges pursuant to NRS 396.540, such a person shall be deemed to be a bona fide resident of this State.
4. A person must be a member in good standing of the active Nevada National Guard, including, without limitation, a recruit, at the beginning of and throughout the entire semester for which the waiver is granted.
5. A person to whom a waiver is granted, assigned or reassigned pursuant to subsection 1 or 2 must maintain at least a 2.0 grade point average, on a 4.0 grading scale, each semester for which the waiver is granted, assigned or reassigned, or the equivalent of a 2.0 grade point average if a different grading scale is used.
6. The Board of Regents may request the Adjutant General to verify the membership in the active Nevada National Guard of a person who is seeking or has been granted a waiver of registration fees and laboratory fees pursuant to subsection 1.
7. The Adjutant General shall:
(a) Upon receiving a request from the Board of Regents pursuant to subsection 6, notify the Board of Regents in writing concerning the status and dates of membership of a person who is seeking or has been granted a waiver of registration fees and laboratory fees pursuant to subsection 1.
(b) Maintain a record of any waiver that has been granted, assigned or reassigned pursuant to subsection 1 or 2 and the person to whom the waiver was assigned or reassigned.
(c) Before the beginning of each semester, certify in writing to the Board of Regents that a waiver has been properly assigned or reassigned to the person seeking to use the waiver to attend a school within the System.
8. If a waiver is granted pursuant to subsection 1 for a recruit and the recruit does not enter full-time National Guard duty within 1 year after enlisting, the recruit shall reimburse the Board of Regents for all registration fees and laboratory fees waived on behalf of the recruit if the recruit’s failure to enter full-time National Guard duty is attributable to his or her own conduct.
9. As used in this section:
(a) "Full-time National Guard duty" has the meaning ascribed to it in 32 U.S.C. § 101(19).
(b) "Recruit" means a person who has enlisted in the Nevada National Guard but has not begun his or her required military duty.
(c) "Spouse" includes a domestic partner as set forth in NRS 122A.200.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 20th Special Session, 271; A 2005, 583; 2021, 2117)