Guard Survivor Fee Waiver — Ten Years for a Spouse, Ten Years From 18 for a Child
Registration fees and certain laboratory fees waived for the spouse and children of a Nevada National Guard member killed in duty. A child has ten years after turning 18; a spouse has ten years from the death.
Verified August 23, 2026
What this benefit is
Registration fees and certain laboratory fees waived for the spouse and children of a Nevada National Guard member killed in duty. A child has ten years after turning 18; a spouse has ten years from the death.
What it's worth: Registration and certain laboratory fees waived, for up to ten years
- The system describes registration fees and certain laboratory fees, under Title 4, Chapter 17 of the Handbook.
- A child may use the waiver for ten years after reaching 18, or ten years from the enrolment date where enrolled before 18.
- A spouse may use it for up to ten years from the member’s death.
- Law and medical school programmes are described as ineligible.
Who is entitled to it
- The waiver runs to the spouse and the children of the member.
- Your home is in Nevada.
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How to claim it
Deadline: Ten years from the death, or ten years from the child turning 18- 1Work out which clock you are on before anything else. A child’s ten years usually run from turning 18; a spouse’s ten years run from the death.
- 2If the child enrolled before turning 18, the ten years are described as running from the enrolment date instead. That is a different, earlier start.
- 3Check the programme: law and medical school programmes are named as ineligible.
- 4Take the documents that prove the relationship and the circumstances of the death to the campus office; the System applies the waiver, not the Guard.
- 5Do not let the clock run while deciding. Ten years sounds long and is spent easily.
- Form
- The System fee waiver form for the relevant category
- File with
- The appropriate office on your System campus
- Each term
- Claimed per academic term.
Sources
- authority · published policyNevada System of Higher Education — Student Veterans, National Guard fee waiver for spouse and children under NRS 396.5442 and Title 4, Chapter 17 of the Handbook (what is waived, the ten-year clocks, professional school exclusions)
Why only one source type: The System administers and publishes the waiver. The Legislature’s own publication of the statute refused every connection this session, so the section is carried as the System prints it.
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