GI Bill could mean uneven scholarships

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GI Bill could mean uneven scholarships
By Leo Shane III, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Tuesday, February 24, 2009

WASHINGTON — An Iraq war veteran living in Texarkana, Texas, could get more than $56,000 in tuition benefits under the GI Bill next year.

But if the same veteran lives a few miles east on the Arkansas side of the city, he’ll get only about $5,300 a year for his college education.

That’s according to preliminary numbers released by the Department of Veterans Affairs on what servicemembers should expect under the post-9/11 GI Bill, passed by Congress last summer.

Under the measure, lawmakers promised to cover tuition and fees at any public university for troops who have served at least three years on active duty since September 2001. But the amount of payout depends on a servicemember's home state and the costs of higher education there.

For state schools the difference is moot; veterans attending a public university won’t have any tuition bills, regardless of where they live. But those who take their benefits to a private college could see thousands less than veterans in states such as Texas, Michigan and New York.


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uhc comment: Here's the tuition reimbursement by state: