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Vermont National Guard urges House Committee to make tuition-benefit expansions permanent
Summary
Deputy Adjutant General Brig. Gen. Hank Harder told the House Education Committee on May 15 that Vermont’s National Guard tuition benefit, in place since 2018, has helped recruitment and retention and that expansions to allow a second bachelor’s and a master’s degree (added in 2022) should be continued beyond a scheduled June sunset.
The Vermont National Guard told the House Education Committee on May 15 that the state’s tuition-benefit program, introduced for the 2018 academic year, has become an important recruiting and retention tool and that recent expansions allowing a second bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree should be made permanent.
“...the Vermont National Guard Tuition Benefit Program, which has been in existence since 2018, is really one of the best state packages,” Brigadier General Hank Harder, Deputy Adjutant General for the Vermont National Guard, told the committee. Harder said the program supports both military professional development and members’ civilian education and careers.
Harder told lawmakers…
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