KRS 164.2844: Tuition rates for nonresident veterans, members of Reserve components,

and active members of the Kentucky National Guard at Kentucky's public

universities -- In-state residency status of accepted or enrolled Armed Forces

member, spouse, or dependent unaffected by transfer on military orders.

(1) Notwithstanding KRS 164.020(8), the governing board of a Kentucky public

university may adopt a tuition policy whereby any veteran of the Armed Forces of

the United States or National Guard who is eligi ble for Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits or

any member of a Reserve component who enrolls as a student in the university as a

non-Kentucky resident is charged no more than the maximum tuition

reimbursement provided under the Post -9/11 GI Bill to public universit ies for

eligible Kentucky residents.

(2) Notwithstanding KRS 164.020(8), beginning with the 2017 -2018 academic year, an

active member of the Kentucky National Guard who enrolls as a student in a

Kentucky public university as a non -Kentucky resident shall b e considered a

Kentucky resident for tuition purposes.

(3) A member of the United States Armed Forces, or a spouse or dependent of a

member, who is determined to be a Kentucky resident at the time of acceptance for

admission by a public postsecondary insti tution under the guidelines established by

the council shall not lose Kentucky residency status if the member is transferred on

military orders prior to the member, spouse, or dependent enrolling in the institution

for the academic term for which the membe r, spouse, or dependent was accepted or

while the student is enrolled. The member, spouse, or dependent shall not lose

Kentucky residency if he or she remains continuously enrolled in the institution at

the same degree level.