Section 457-608-2 - EligibilityA. Initial Eligibility All the following requirements must be met by the applicant to be eligible for a tuition waiver.
1. The person must be: (a) a natural or legally adopted child of a firefighter, emergency medical services person or law enforcement officer, and be less than 21 years old at the time of the death of the parent firefighter, emergency medical services person or law enforcement officer, or (b) legally married to a firefighter, emergency medical services person or law enforcement officer at the time of the firefighter's, emergency medical service person's or law enforcement officer's death, or (c) a foster child at the time such person graduates from high school or successfully completes a general educational development examination or its equivalent under 20-A M.R.S.A. §257;2. The person must be a Maine resident;3. The person must be a high school graduate or can demonstrate equivalent instruction; and4. The person must have been accepted for admission to a state postsecondary educational institution.B. Continuation The tuition waiver shall be awarded annually, and shall continue to be available for so long as the following requirements are met:
1. The person remains eligible under requirements established in Section 2(A).2. The person remains in satisfactory academic standing under standards of the postsecondary institution.3. The person files an application annually prior to the first semester of the academic year with the authority and includes with the application a letter from the Registrar indicating that the requirement of 2(B)(2) has been met.C. Limitation on number of foster children participants No more than 30 waivers may be awarded for any academic year to eligible foster children who have not already participated in the program. The first 25 such waivers shall be available to eligible persons attending any state postsecondary educational institution, and of the last 5 such waivers, 3 shall be available to eligible persons attending educational institutions in the University of Maine System, and 2 shall be available to eligible persons attending educational institutions in the Maine Community College System. New awards will be made on a first come, first served basis. Once awarded a tuition waiver, an eligible foster child shall be entitled, upon application, to a waiver for succeeding academic years so long as they continue to meet the eligibility criteria and remain in good academic standing at a state postsecondary educational institution, as determined by the standards of the institution.
94- 457 C.M.R. ch. 608, § 2