| FEDERAL EDUCATIONAL
BENEFITS
The Montgomery G. I. Bill for Active Duty
and the Montgomery G. I. Bill-Selected Reserve provide educational
benefits for individuals entering military service or the reserves after
June 30, 1985. Reservists who have enlisted for six or more years
after July 30, 1985 may be eligible for the Selected Reserve Education
Benefit.
VEAP is the post-Vietnam era Veterans
Educational Assistance Program for those who entered the service after
December 31, 1976 and before July 1, 1985, and contributed to the VEAP
fund while on active duty or had contributions made for them by the
military.
Service-disabled veterans may be eligible
for vocational rehabilitation benefits from the U.S. Department of
Veterans Affairs. Educational benefits are available to veterans'
dependents if the veteran (spouse or parent) died in service, was totally
and permanently disabled, or is listed as missing in action. There
is also a Veterans Work-Study and Tutorial Assistance Program.
For more information, contact your
college's veterans affairs office, the local office of the U.S. Department
of Veterans Affairs (in the phone book under U.S. Government Offices), or
call toll-free 1 (888) 442-4551.
STATE EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS
The California Department of Veterans
Affairs administers a fee waiver program for children and dependents of
service-connected disabled veterans or service-related deceased veterans.
Under the program, registration, tuition and other fees are waived at any
UC, CSU, or California community college. To learn more, contact your
county's veterans services office (listed in the phone book under County
Government Offices), your college's veterans affairs office, or the
California Department of veterans Affairs at 1 (800) 952-5626.
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