- A Veteran who lives in the state where the IHL is located (regardless of his/her formal state of residence) and enrolls in the school within three years of discharge from a period of active duty service of 90 days or more.
These requirements ensure our nation’s recently discharged Veterans, and their eligible family members, will not bear the cost of out-of-state charges while using their well-deserved education benefits
- - Active Duty (MGIB - AD) benefits in order for programs to remain approved for GI Bill benefits for terms beginning after July 1, 2015. VA will not issue payments for any students eligible for the Post-9/11 GI Bill or the MGIB-AD until the school becomes fully compliant.
- These requirements ensure our nation’s recently discharged Veterans, and their eligible family members, will not bear the cost of out-of-state charges while using their well-deserved education benefits
On first glance this seems helpful to all veterans. However, upon closer examination one realizes this law helps the government more than veterans. Remember, before the change many places already offered in-state tuition to all veterans regardless of whether they had benefits or not. Patriotic states and schools along with a competitive free market had made it cheaper for all veterans willing to do the research to attend school. Now most of the states and colleges that had offered this benefit have changed their guidelines. Consequently, many veterans who served prior to 9/11 and/or are paying for their education out of their own pocket no longer receive this benefit. What do you think of these changes please add your thoughts.