GI Bill Changes Could Force Some Veterans to Drop Out

[The Straight Story]

GI Bill Changes Could Force Some Veterans to Drop Out


What started out as a way to simplify the GI Bill has turned into a nightmare for some veterans seeking higher education.

Last December, Congress adopted legislation that established a flat rate of $17,500 per year for tuition and fees at all colleges except public schools in veterans’ home states (which are paid in full).

The change meant an increase in college funding for most veterans. But for some in the middle of their undergraduate program at private colleges, the flat rate will have the opposite effect, causing them to be significantly short of money to pay tuition, and leaving them with two choices: borrow heavily or give up on college.

“We’ve heard from a lot of people who are considering transferring or dropping out of school altogether rather than take out big loans,” John McClellan, an organizer with Military Veterans of Columbia University, told Stars and Stripes. “They thought they had the promise of funding in place, but now it’s gone.”

It is estimated that veterans from 11 states will lose money next semester, as much as $10,000 in some cases.

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[Jmaxfie1]

1. This makes me Angry! n/t

[Bandit]

2. I can't believe how many Servicemen actually believe any of the Promises they were given..

The US Government LIES.....Always has and apparently always will. Nothing any of them say can be believed..The rest of the world knows this fact so I am always amazed when american citizens do not..

[AsahinaKimi]

3. These benefits may disappear all together

if Republicans had their way. Send the Military to fight some where, were they are killed, maimed and traumatized, only to come back, to become a veteran, and to be told all those things you were promised were simply not true. Then they end up on the streets homeless to die in the cold.

Yes the Vets should be pissed as hell.