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Student‑veteran groups push GI Bill parity, housing allowance fixes and faster claims processing
Summary
Student Veterans of America and other witnesses urged Congress to modernize education benefits: expand GI Bill parity for Guard and Reserve service, ensure full housing allowance for online learners, raise the book stipend, and accelerate claims processing using improved IT and targeted staffing to avoid payment delays for student veterans.
Student veterans and their advocates told the joint hearing that education benefits must be modernized to match today’s learning environments and Guard/Reserve service patterns and that VA systems and staffing problems are causing payment delays.
SVA National President Jared Lyon asked Congress to support the Guard and Reserve GI Bill Parity Act so that every day in uniform for which military pay is received counts toward Post‑9/11 GI Bill eligibility. He also urged legislation to…
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