After their public disagreement stalled a congressional hearing last month, 35 veterans groups came together Thursday in Washington to reach some consensus on changes to the Post-9/11 GI Bill and restart their activity on Capitol Hill.
The groups agreed the Post-9/11 GI Bill needed to change, at least to close several loopholes excluding some servicemembers from receiving education benefits. What divided the groups is a proposal from Student Veterans of America, a national organization that focuses on education policy, that the GI Bill’s expansion be funded by new enlistees who would pay $2,400 over a two years to opt into the benefit.
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