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Public Law 38-099 Guam Veterans Higher Education Benefits Act

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Expands benefits Creates a tuition exemption at the University of Guam and Guam Community College for veterans and their dependents.

Added a whole chapter creating a tuition exemption at the University of Guam and Guam Community College: a lifetime 90 undergraduate credit hours per qualifying veteran, allocable to dependents, and a lifetime 30 graduate hours. Benefits are implemented no earlier than April 1, 2026 to give the institutions time. Any guide printed before 2026 does not have it. The residency tests are cumulative and exclude a veteran who moved to Guam after service.

Progress

Path to law: Bill in a one-chamber legislature

  1. Introduced Done, Bill No. 202-38 (COR)
  2. In committee Done, Committee on Education, Libraries and Public Broadcasting
  3. Passed the legislature Done, As amended in committee and on the floor
  4. Became law without signature Done, The Governor's signature was dated after the ten-day limit, so the Legislature recorded it as lapsed into law
  5. In effect Done,

Sponsors

  • Vincent A. V. BorjaSponsor, Legislature
  • Frank F. Blas, Jr.Sponsor, Legislature
  • Shelly V. CalvoSponsor, Legislature
  • Sabrina Salas MatananeSponsor, Legislature
  • Eulogio Shawn GumataotaoSponsor, Legislature
  • Tina Rose Muña-BarnesSponsor, Legislature

What it touches

  • 17 GCA ch. 56

Catalog entry

Official record

Read Public Law 38-099 on the jurisdiction's own record