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Purple Heart Fee Waiver — and Instant Resident Status for Tuition

Registration, laboratory and other mandatory fees waived at a System institution for a veteran awarded the Purple Heart, under the Board of Regents Handbook and NRS 396.544. The recipient is also deemed a bona fide Nevada resident for tuition purposes, which matters more than the waiver for anyone arriving from out of state.

Verified August 27, 2026

What this benefit is

Registration, laboratory and other mandatory fees waived at a System institution for a veteran awarded the Purple Heart, under the Board of Regents Handbook and NRS 396.544. The recipient is also deemed a bona fide Nevada resident for tuition purposes, which matters more than the waiver for anyone arriving from out of state.

What it's worth: Registration, laboratory and other mandatory fees waived

  • The system describes the waiver as covering registration, laboratory and other mandatory fees under Title 4, Chapter 17 of the Handbook.
  • A Purple Heart recipient is deemed a bona fide Nevada resident for tuition purposes. An out-of-state recipient therefore avoids the non-resident rate as well as the mandatory fees.
  • The veterans department describes it as available once other education benefits are exhausted, which the System page does not repeat.
  • No rate schedule was read, so the value depends on the institution and the course load.

Who is entitled to it

  • The waiver runs to the decorated veteran.
  • You were awarded the Purple Heart.
  • Your home is in Nevada.

Not sure whether that describes you?

Answer a few questions about this benefit specifically — we only ask what this one actually depends on, and we stop as soon as we know.

How to claim it

Deadline: Set by the campus
  1. 1Take the award citation. The Purple Heart is the test — a disability rating does not substitute for it.
  2. 2Submit the System’s own Purple Heart waiver form to the office your campus names; each campus routes it differently.
  3. 3Ask whether your campus expects other education benefits to be used first. The veterans department describes the waiver that way; the System page does not.
  4. 4Ask about the child of a recipient in the same conversation. The System’s form is titled for the veteran and their children, and that route is worth confirming for your own case.
  5. 5Re-file each term unless the campus tells you the waiver carries forward.
Form
The System Purple Heart fee waiver form
File with
The appropriate office on your System campus
Documents you will need
dd214
Each term
Claimed per academic term.
Worth knowingThe two state pages do not agree about sequencing. The System describes the waiver plainly; the veterans department describes it as available once other education benefits are exhausted. Ask the campus which applies to you.
Known gapThe statute has not been read this session, so nothing is claimed about credit-hour limits, duration, or how a child of a recipient qualifies.

Sources

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