LINCOLN- On Tuesday, lawmakers advanced two bills ensuring Nebraska students who attend home school and AmeriCorps volunteers qualify for in-state tuition at the state's public colleges and universities. As of now, students who graduate from home school are not considered resident students, although they can apply to receive in-state tuition rates. LB92 adds home-school students who complete a program of instruction to the list of residency qualifications for the purpose of tuition cost.

However, Sen. Carol Blood said the computer glitch which caused a notification to be sent to home school students saying they could not receive in-state tuition has been fixed. Sen. Megan Hunt believes the bill is too broad and could cause problems for universities.

Sen. Tony Vargas introduced LB197, which is a bill to allow AmeriCorps volunteers eligible for in-state tuition in Nebraska. Sen. Kolterman says this bill is a 'no-brainer'.

“These are the kind of people we’re trying to attract to grow our state,” Kolterman said.

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