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Virginia lawmakers are considering cutting college tuition assistance currently offered to spouses and children of veterans killed, missing, captured or left permanently disabled while serving. Military families are pushing back against the potential changes, arguing that Va. lawmakers are ignoring the sacrifices they made.

The university needs to raise students education costs by more than 2% to avoid cutting the budget. Gov. Glenn Youngkin has encouraged schools to keep tuition hikes at 3%.

By Donnell Johns Sr. They are gutting the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program (VMSDEP) come July 1st, 2024 if we don’t do anything about it. Virginians should also contact state officials urging them to maintain the program's original intent. This program isn’t just a benefit—it's a tribute to the sacrifices of our veterans and

Gov. Glenn Youngkin is proposing an overhaul rather than an outright rejection of the budget proposal adopted last month by the Virginia General Assembly, recommending more than 200 amendments to the two-year spending plan. Amended plan includes no tax cuts or tax increases.

For the first time, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin is considering major changes to the military survivor and dependent tuition waiver program to offset millions of dollars in lost revenue for Virginia colleges.

Virginia's Military Survivor and Dependent Education Program provides a tuition waiver to spouses and children of veterans who are killed, missing in action, taken prisoner or at least 90% permanently disabled as a result of military service or combat.

The Board of Visitors (BoV) convened Friday to discuss record enrollment data, JMUs student body ratio and DEI initiatives, hopes for donor funding and more.