Members of the New Hampshire national guard may take courses tuition-free in state-supported postsecondary institutions. The admission of a New Hampshire national guard member shall be in accordance with the state-supported postsecondary institution’s standard student admissions criteria policies and practices. In order to be eligible to receive educational assistance under this subdivision, a member of the New Hampshire national guard shall:
I. Be a sworn in active member of the New Hampshire national guard residing either in-state or out-of-state.

Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 110-B:63-c

  • national guard: shall mean and refer to the army national guard and the air national guard unless otherwise indicated. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 110-B:1-a
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • sworn: when applied to public officers required by the constitution to take oaths therein prescribed, shall refer to those oaths; when applied to other officers it shall mean sworn to the faithful discharge of the duties of their offices before a justice of the peace, or other person authorized to administer official oaths in such cases. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:25

II. Be enrolled in a degree-enhancing curriculum in any college that is under the authority of the chancellor of the community college system of New Hampshire, or enrolled in any degree-enhancing curriculum in any college or university which is under the authority of the chancellor of the university system of New Hampshire.
III. Have first utilized any post-September 11, 2001 tuition benefit and other federally funded military tuition assistance. Montgomery GI bill benefits, post-September 11, 2001 educational program housing, allowance, federal educational entitlements, national guard scholarship grants, and other non-tuition benefits shall be excluded from consideration when determining eligibility for a tuition waiver under this section.

[Paragraph IV repealed by 2022, 342:4 effective July 1, 2027.]


IV. Members of the New Hampshire national guard, upon completion of their initial mandatory service obligation which shall be no less than 6 years, may transfer their national guard tuition waiver benefit to their spouse to be used in a degree-enhancing curriculum in any college that is under the authority of the chancellor of the community college system of New Hampshire or the chancellor of the university system of New Hampshire. The transfer of this benefit by the member requires a 4-year reserve duty service obligation after the date the benefit has been transfered. The member’s spouse may subsequently transfer this benefit back to the member; however, the member and their spouse cannot use the benefit at the same time.