Idaho National Guard State Education Assistance Program

What the Military Division says. "State Education Assistance Program (SEAP) is financial support reimbursement provided for qualifies higher education and vocational education schools in Idaho to support of a Soldier's professional and personal self-development." The Division's education pages publish no award amounts, grade limits or eligibility rules; the Idaho Army National Guard education office ([email protected]) has them. The amounts that circulate. Guides and news coverage of the 2026 budget fight give up to $8,000 a year for tuition and fees at an Idaho institution, and the Army benefits library adds $4,000 for warrant officers and lieutenants through captains and up to $20,000 for technical programs; no Idaho agency page confirms the grade split or the technical ceiling, so treat them as unconfirmed. The money is appropriated every year. The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee's February 2026 cuts reduced the program's fiscal 2027 funding and it twice voted down restoring it; on March 6, 2026 it voted 17 to 1 to add "$190,800 for enhancement 2 for the State Education Assistance Program" to the Military Division's fiscal 2027 budget, which news coverage describes as keeping the program at about 69 percent of its baseline. So the amount available to each member can change from year to year. There is no disability rating requirement; this is a benefit of current Guard service. It sits alongside Federal Tuition Assistance, which pays the school up front, and the Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserve (chapter 1606).