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Additional GI Bill Benefits Granted to Veterans with Multiple Service Periods Following Supreme Court Decision

Additional GI Bill Benefits Granted to Veterans with Multiple Service Periods Following Supreme Court Decision

by Rikki Almanza | Jan 6, 2025

On January 3, the VA announced an update to its G.I. Bill benefits policy, granting Veterans with multiple periods of service access to an additional 12 months of education benefits. This change, prompted by a 2024 Supreme Court decision, removes the previous 36-month...
Proposed Bipartisan Bill Seeks to Increase GI Bill Housing Stipends for Online Summer Classes

Proposed Bipartisan Bill Seeks to Increase GI Bill Housing Stipends for Online Summer Classes

by Rikki Almanza | Oct 10, 2023

Last month, a bipartisan bill, H.R. 5702, the Expanding Access for Online Veteran Students Act, was introduced in the House with the aim of increasing housing disbursements for student Veterans using Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits for online summer classes. The Post-9/11...
Supreme Court to decide on increased GI Bill benefits for Veterans

Supreme Court to decide on increased GI Bill benefits for Veterans

by Rikki Almanza | Jun 27, 2023

  The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that could result in increased educational benefits for Veterans under the GI Bill. The case, known as Rudisill vs. McDonough, centers around whether Veterans should be eligible for additional tuition money...
GAO Report: VA STEM Scholarship Program for Student Veterans Has High Denial Rate and Confusing Application Process

GAO Report: VA STEM Scholarship Program for Student Veterans Has High Denial Rate and Confusing Application Process

by Christian Southards | Oct 4, 2022

A U.S. Government Accountability Office, or GAO, study published on Sept. 29 outlines critical barriers student veterans face regarding the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship program. Since 2019, over 130,000 veterans have used...

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