1. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article 7 to the contrary, a student shall be classified as an in-state student for tuition purposes if the student was certified by the director of the peace corps as having served satisfactorily as a peace corps volunteer.
2. (2) A student who is classified as an in-state student pursuant to this section must not be counted as a resident student for any purpose other than tuition classification.
3. (3) The governing board of each state-supported institution of higher education shall grant in-state tuition status to students classified pursuant to this section.

Source: L. 2023: Entire section added, (SB 23-096), ch. 62, p. 221, § 2, effective April 11.