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House education committee expands National Guard tuition waiver to include certificates
Summary
Representative Ray presented House Bill 1005 to the House Education Committee on the measure that expands the National Guard Tuition Waiver Program to allow guardsmen to apply the benefit to postsecondary credentials and certificate programs as well as degree programs.
Representative Ray presented House Bill 1005 to the House Education Committee on the measurethat expands the National Guard Tuition Waiver Program to allow guardsmen to apply the benefit to postsecondary credentials and certificate programs as well as degree programs.
The bill "updates the National Guard Tuition Waiver Program, and improves it by allowing guardsmen to use it for a post secondary credential or certificate in addition to strictly just a degree seeking program," Representative Ray said.
The nut graf: supporters said the change would better align the benefit with workforce needs by covering short-term technical and trade certificates such as HVAC, EMT training,…
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