Virginia changes educational benefit for veterans' families
Unprecedented increases in use of the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program prompted changes at the state level.
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Unprecedented increases in use of the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program prompted changes at the state level.
Advocates for a state program that helped veterans' families be able to afford college are crying foul after changes to it were made in the state budget approved earlier this week.
The disastrous rollout of a new federal financial aid process is leaving behind the scrappy first-generation college students who fought for their admissions.
While the governor's budget amendment would help find ways improve the long-term viability of the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program, delaying reforms means colleges will have to absorb growing costs of the program for at least another year.
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.