http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com A resource for military veterans to discover the educational opportunities and support being offered through the Post 9-11 GI Bill Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:14:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/10/27/wi-gi-bill/ http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/10/27/wi-gi-bill/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:46 +0000 tlavelle http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/?p=348 Veterans on Campus mentioned back in May '09 that the Wisconsin GI Bill--a state-funded military financial aid program in WI--would force students to switch to the Post 9/11 GI Bill. The WI GI Bill grants a tuition waiver, but the student must provide documentation that he or she applied for the Post 9/11 GI Bill in order to qualify; if they were accepted, they must switch from Chapter 1606/MGIB to Chapter 30, and if they were declined, they may continue using Chapter 1606/MGIB. This throws a monkey wrench into the issue of whether the MGIB or the Post 9/11 GI Bill is more beneficial for Wisconsin college students. The effect was only proposed back when Dr. Pat blogged about it in May, but has officially been approved to go into effect in Spring 2010. Wisconsin military students will now have to decide whether to switch to the Post 9/11 GI Bill or not based on different factors:

1. Whether or not they receive more money from the Post 9/11 GI Bill (Chapter 30) and the tuition waver from the WI GI Bill, or
2. They receive more funds from the Montgomery GI Bill (Chapter 1606)

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