Sponsor Statement for HB 334

"An Act Waiving State Tuition for Sons or Daughters of a Police Officer Slain in the Line of Duty"

With this bill we are adding to the fairly short list of youth for whom we will waive tuition at our State University. The University plays an important role in all of our lives, it should be available for a youth whose parent made the ultimate sacrifice protecting our lives and freedoms.

Nothing can replace a husband, a wife, a father or a mother, but for those men and women who will stand in harms way for us this bill is a small token of our appreciation.