TUITION BENEFITS FOR SURVIVORS
OF DECEASED PUBLIC SAFETY
OFFICERS OF VIRGINIA
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The Code of Virginia (Sec. 23-7.1:01) provides tuition benefits
for certain children and spouses of deceased public safety officers.
You may be eligible for free tuition at the College if your parent
or spouse was killed in the line of duty while employed in Virginia
as a Virginia law enforcement officer; fire fighter; rescue squad
member; agent of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control;
state correctional, regional, or local jail officer; sheriff
and deputy sheriff; or a member of the Virginia National Guard
serving in the Virginia National Guard or the United States Armed
Forces. Children must be between the ages of 16 and 25. For more
information on eligibility requirements and application procedures,
you may contact any campus Student Services Center.
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