BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump has authorized the largest expansion of college assistance for military veterans in a decade.
Trump signed a veterans’ education bill into law Wednesday at his golf club in central New Jersey.
The law removes a 15-year time limit on using GI benefits and increases money for thousands serving in the National Guard and Reserve. It builds on a 2008 law that guaranteed military veterans a full-ride scholarship to any in-state public university, or a similar cash amount to attend private colleges.
Veterans would get additional payments if they complete science, technology and engineering courses.
A wide range of veterans’ groups supported the measure. The Veterans of Foreign Wars says hundreds of thousands of veterans stand to gain from the new benefit.
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