37-107-1 - When child eligible for, and nature of, scholarship. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 37-107-1. When child eligible for, and nature of, scholarship.
 

If any Mississippi law enforcement officer, full-time fire fighter or volunteer fire fighter shall suffer or has suffered fatal injuries or wounds or become permanently and totally disabled as a result of injuries or wounds which occurred in the performance of the official and appointed duties of his or her office, his or her spouse, child or children shall be entitled to an eight-semester scholarship without cost, exclusive of books, food, school supplies, materials and dues or fees for extracurricular activities, at any state-supported college or university of his or her choice within this state. No child shall be entitled to receive benefits during any semester or quarter when said child has reached the age of twenty-three (23) years on the first day of said semester or quarter. However, any child who has begun the process of acquiring college credits under the provisions of this section prior to attaining the age of twenty-three (23) years shall be entitled to the full eight-semester scholarship if his or her college instruction was interrupted for any reason. 
 

Scholarship benefits shall not accrue hereunder to any person if the wounds or injuries suffered by any law enforcement officer, full-time fire fighter or volunteer fire fighter are self-inflicted or if his death is self-induced. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, § 6726.9-01; Laws,  1971, ch. 373, § 1; Laws, 1985, ch. 517, § 1; Laws, 1989, ch. 339, § 1; Laws, 1990, ch. 382, § 1, eff from and after passage (approved March 13, 1990).