Section NEW-NEW - [Newly enacted section not yet numbered] [Assistance](a) Subject to the availability of appropriations for the Kansas national guard EMERGE program and within the limits of any such appropriations, except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), every eligible national guard member who is enrolled at a Kansas educational institution and participating in the program shall receive assistance each semester in an amount equal to the tuition and required fees for not more than 15 hours. The aggregate number of credit hours for which assistance may be provided under the program shall not exceed 150% of the total credit hours required for the eligible guard member to complete such member's master's degree program.(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), eligible guard members shall not be paid the amount of tuition and fees charged for any course repeated or taken in excess of the requirements for completion of the master's degree program in which the eligible guard member is enrolled. The amount of tuition and required fees paid an eligible guard member pursuant to subsection (a) shall be at a rate not to exceed the maximum rate that would be charged by a state educational institution for enrollment of the eligible guard member.(c) Amounts of assistance for which an eligible guard member is eligible to receive under this act shall be offset by the aggregate amount of federal or institutional tuition assistance received by such eligible guard member, as a result of active national guard membership, to pay costs of tuition and fees for enrollment at Kansas educational institutions.Added by L. 2024, ch. 77,§ 4, eff. 7/1/2024.