{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-164.515","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 164.515","heading":"Exemption  from  tuition for spouse  or child under  age  26 of","body":"permanently  disabled member  of the National Guard,  war  veteran,\nprisoner of war, or member  of the Armed  Services missing in action --\nConditions.\n(1) The spouse, regardless of age, and any child, stepchild, or orphan, under the\nage  of twenty-six (26), of a permanently and totally disabled member  of the\nKentucky National Guard or Reserve Component  injured while on state active\nduty, active duty for training, or inactive duty training, or a permanently and\ntotally disabled war  veteran, or  a  one  hundred  percent  (100%)\nservice-connected disabled veteran regardless of wartime service, or prisoner\nof war or member  of the Armed Services declared missing in action shall not be\nrequired to pay any matriculation or tuition fees upon his admission to any\nstate-supported institution of higher education or to any state-supported\nvocational training school for a period not in excess of forty-five (45) months in\norder to obtain a diploma, nor in excess of the lesser number  of months\nrequired for a certificate of completion.\n(2) To  be entitled to benefits under this section the parent or stepparent of the\nchild claiming benefits if living must be rated permanently and totally disabled\nfor  pension  purposes  or  one  hundred  percent (100%)  disabled for\ncompensation purposes by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or\nthe Department of Defense. If the veteran is deceased, the claim to benefits is\nto be based on the rating held by the veteran at the time of death or if a\nprisoner of war or missing in action, must have been declared as such by the\nDepartment of Defense. Members  of the Kentucky National Guard must be\nrated permanently and totally disabled as provided in KRS  Chapter 342. The\nparent's, stepparent's, or spouse's service and rating must be evidenced by\ncertification from the records of the Kentucky Department of Military Affairs,\nUnited States Department of Veterans Affairs, or the Department of Defense of\nthe United States.\n(3) The parent-child relationship must be shown by birth certificate, legal adoption\npapers, marriage certificate, or other documentary evidence. A stepchild must\nbe a member  of the veteran's household. The spousal relationship must be\nshown  by a marriage certificate or other documentary evidence.\n(4) To entitle a spouse, child, stepchild, or orphan to benefit under this section the\ndisabled member  of the National Guard or Reserve Component  veteran living\nor deceased must have served on state active duty, active duty for training, or\ninactive duty training or active duty with the Armed Forces of the United States,\nand his discharge must have been under honorable conditions. He must be a\nresident or, if deceased, have been a resident of the Commonwealth  of\nKentucky.\n(5) No  provision of this section shall serve to deny these benefits to an eligible\nspouse, child, stepchild, or orphan, who  enlists, or who  fulfills a military\nobligation, in the Armed Forces of the United States and is discharged under\nhonorable conditions; the period of time spent in the military service to be\ncompensated  by like time, beyond the age of twenty-six (26) years if required,\nbut not in excess of the period of enrollment as set forth in subsection (1) of\nthis section.\n(6) The marriage of an eligible child, stepchild, or orphan, shall not serve to deny\nfull entitlement to the benefits provided in this section.","path":["KRS Chapter 164"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=45836","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:51:16Z","sha256":"461071c19098fdbe29b76cf23b9d5b962f9b1c8244de5fc66e7c711a9e484eda","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-164.512","next":"us-ky/krs-164.516"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}