KRS 164.505: Exemption from matriculation or tuition fee of dependents, widow, or

widower of members of the Armed Forces or of members of the National

Guard killed while in service or having died as a result of

service-connected disability.

(1) A person shall not be required to pay any matriculation or tuition fees upon

admission to any state-supported university, junior college, or vocational

training institution if the person's deceased parent or stepparent, or if the

person's deceased spouse if the person has not remarried, was a resident of

the Commonwealth of Kentucky upon joining the Kentucky National Guard or

upon entering military service and:

(a) Was killed while serving in state active duty, active duty for training, or

inactive duty training with the Kentucky National Guard, or while on active

duty in the Armed Forces of the United States, during a national

emergency, or wars declared by Congress, or actions of the United

Nations, or was killed by hostile fire while on active duty in the Armed

Forces of the United States or the Kentucky National Guard; or

(b) Died as a result of a service-connected disability acquired while serving in

state active duty, active duty for training, or inactive duty training with the

Kentucky National Guard or Reserve Component, or while on active duty

in the Armed Forces of the United States, during a national emergency, or

wars declared by Congress, or actions of the United Nations.

(2) In order to obtain the benefits conferred by subsection (1), the parent-child

relationship must be shown by birth certificate, adoption papers, marriage

certificate, or other documentary evidence. A stepchild must have been a

member of the veteran's household at the time of the veteran's death. The

spousal relationship must be shown by a marriage certificate or other

documentary evidence. The parent's or spouse's service and the cause of

death must be evidenced by certification from the records of the Kentucky

Department of Military Affairs or the United States Department of Veterans

Affairs Records, or the Department of Defense of the United States. In the

event one so admitted to a state-supported university, junior 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 attendance at the institution,

and any balance, if the terms of the scholarship permit, shall be returned to the

applicant.