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Governors' budget hearing: National Guard seeks tuition and reenlistment funding; veterans affairs asks for operating increases to staff new homes
Summary
Department of Military Affairs and the Department of Veterans Affairs presented House File 2444 on March 26, requesting increases for tuition reimbursement, reenlistment bonuses, cyber coordination, H2F, and operating funds to staff new veterans homes.
Department of Military Affairs and the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs presented budget requests contained in House File 2444 at the March 26 division hearing. Department officials asked lawmakers to consider multiple increases for state fiscal years 2026–27 to support National Guard enlistment incentives, cyber coordination, and programs to maintain and staff new veterans homes.
Major General Sean Manky, Adjutant General and Commissioner of the Department of Military Affairs, told the committee the agency is requesting increases for state tuition reimbursement and reenlistment bonuses — figures cited were a $2.2 million increase for fiscal 2026 and a $6.0 million increase for fiscal 2027 — and funding for a cyber coordination cell (a $353,000 increase for fiscal 2026 and roughly $3.97…
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