Before 2011, dependents of disabled veterans were eligible to receive educational benefits for any period of the veteran's service. Since January, 2011, dependents are only eligible for the scholarship if the veteran served during wartime. Many families were depending on these educational benefits and had no idea the law had been changed, until it was too late to make other financial arrangements, causing a heavy burden on both parents and students. This new bill, going before the legislature this 2012 session, will correct this governmental injustice.
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