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Senate passes bill creating $250,000 safety net for veterans who exhaust Post-9/11 GI Bill
Summary
The Utah Senate amended and passed first substitute SB 44 to create a $250,000 state grant pool to help Post-9/11 GI Bill recipients complete bachelor's degrees if federal benefits have been exhausted; the bill passed on a 26-1 roll call and moves to third reading.
Senator Robles presented first substitute SB 44 and an Amendment 1 that clarified the bill—s degree language, saying the program is meant to help veterans finish a bachelor—s degree when federal Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits have been maximized. "SB44 creates a program which provides recipients of the federal post nineeleven GI Bill with additional resources to complete a bachelor's degree in higher education institutions in our state when federal benefits have been maximized," Senator Robles said.
The amendment removed wording that suggested the program applied…
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