Five percent added to a passing score on any open or promotional county examination for a veteran with a discharge other than dishonorable, and five percent more for a service-connected rating of 10% or higher. No war service is required.
Disability credit at 10%. The first five percent needs a discharge other than dishonorable and no rating. The second five percent needs a service-connected rating of 10% or more.
Santa Rosa County gives section 295.07 veterans preference at every step of hiring, pays Guard and Reserve employees for 240 hours of training a year and the first 30 days of active service, and grants up to six days of paid leave a year for a service-connected disability examination or treatment VA schedules.
Veteran applicants and county employees who serve. Preference follows section 295.07; military leave is for Guard and Reserve employees; VA treatment leave needs a service-connected disability. No rating threshold is set.
A full-tuition degree scholarship at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, with housing and a small monthly allowance, for a direct descendant of a UN Korean War veteran. At most one American is chosen a year, and at most two students in all.
Direct descendant of a Korean War veteran. The applicant must be a direct descendant of a UN Korean War veteran, and the applicant and both parents must be non-Korean citizens.
Under section 205.055 an honorably discharged veteran, the spouse or unremarried surviving spouse, and a PCS military spouse owe Seminole County no business tax. The Tax Collector's fee exemption form says so, but its business tax FAQ tells veterans section 205.055 gives only up to $50 to a disabled wartime veteran, the rule Florida repealed in 2018.
Honorable discharge, or a listed spouse. An honorably discharged veteran, a spouse or unremarried surviving spouse, or a PCS military spouse. No rating is needed.
Shelby County's civil service merit system adds bonus points to the passing exam score of an honorably discharged veteran who served in wartime or a declared national emergency. The Civil Service Merit Board sets the number, and the county does not publish it.
Honorable discharge and wartime or emergency service. Code 14-33(d) asks for an honorable discharge and service in time of war or national emergency declared by the President, and a passing score. The number of points is set by the Civil Service Merit Board.
Five points added to a passing score on a competitive open county examination for a veteran with 181 days of active duty and an honorable or general discharge, or ten points for a veteran rated 30% or more. A county employee who also qualifies for the promotional preference gets only one.
30% for the ten-point preference. Five points need 181 days of active duty and an honorable or general discharge. Ten points need a rating of 30% or more.
Somerset County's Merit Hire policy (August 2016) gives applicants entitled to veterans' preference "additional consideration" and, between equally qualified applicants, the job; 51 Pa.C.S. 7104(a) goes further for county posts filled without a civil service examination, requiring preference for any veteran who has the requisite qualifications.
A veteran entitled to preference. Preference rests on service and discharge, not a rating; the veteran must meet the job's requirements and claim it with the DD-214.
Five points added to the passing score on an open county examination for a veteran of wartime, an expedition or more than 180 days of continuous active duty, discharged under honorable conditions, or for a disabled veteran. No points on examinations limited to county employees, and none extra for a disability.
Qualifying service under honorable conditions, or a disabled veteran. Wartime, expedition or more than 180 days of continuous active duty with a discharge under honorable conditions, or a disabled veteran. No rating is named.
Any institution of higher education receiving state funding, directly or indirectly, must excuse a student called to military service, duty, training or disaster relief, may not penalize the absence, and must allow missed tests and assignments to be made up.
Military service, duty, training or disaster relief, in any component. Section 25-1-2270 applies without distinction to the active component, reserve component and National Guard, and names disaster relief efforts alongside service, duty and training.
Free tuition at any state-supported college, university or technical college for the child of a wartime veteran who meets one of nine conditions. The permanent and total disability route is expressly "from any cause", so it does not have to be service-connected. Since May 15, 2026 a child who has lived in South Carolina since birth qualifies wherever the veteran lives. The child must be twenty-six or younger and pursuing an undergraduate degree.
The veteran served honorably during a federal wartime period. Section 59-111-20(B), as rewritten by 2026 Act No. 135, requires honorable service during a war period as defined by 38 U.S.C. § 101. No combat service and no theatre of operations is required, only service inside the federal dates.
A veteran with ninety days of active duty using Chapter 30, 31 or 33 benefits pays in-state tuition with no waiting period, and so does a transferee. Federal law adds Chapter 35 users and, from August 1, 2026, Chapter 1606 Selected Reserve users. The three-year enrollment deadline that every older source describes was repealed in 2021 in both state and federal law.
Ninety days or longer of active duty, or a transferred or Fry or Chapter 31 entitlement. Section 59-112-50(C)(2). The test is ninety days of active duty in the uniformed services, their reserve forces or the National Guard, with no discharge characterisation and no rating. Transferees under 38 U.S.C. § 3319, Fry Scholarship users under § 3311(b)(9) and Chapter 31 participants under § 3102(a) are covered individuals in their own right.
An employer earns $3,000, then $2,500, then $1,000 for a veteran hired into a federally validated registered apprenticeship. The credit closes to new hires after 2026, and the definition of veteran is a three-year window from discharge, not a status.
Honorable discharge, or release for a service-connected disability. Section 12-6-3720(H)(2). Active duty service in the Armed Forces of the United States is required. No rating threshold appears anywhere in the section.
A licensing board must approve a relocating military spouse to keep working on an out-of-state licence and must issue the South Carolina licence within fifteen business days of a complete application. Lawyers and educators are expressly excluded from the state section, but federal law since December 2024 makes a member’s or spouse’s out-of-state licence valid here on a move under orders.
Married to and living with an active duty member relocated to South Carolina on orders. Section 25-1-170(B)(1) and (E)(1). Active duty is required, and the spouse must be living with the member. A Guard or reserve spouse without active duty orders is outside the section.
Fifteen paid workdays a year for Guard and reserve duty, thirty more in an emergency, and thirty more for a state employee serving in a combat zone who has exhausted military leave. Weekends and holidays do not count against the fifteen days unless they are regular workdays.
A public officer or employee who is a Guard or reserve component member. Section 8-7-90 lists the South Carolina National Guard and the Army, Air Force, Naval, Marine Corps and Coast Guard Reserves. It turns on the employment and the membership, not on any disability.
Grants of up to 100 percent of tuition and fees, including textbooks, for a drilling South Carolina Guard member. The statute caps the lifetime total at $18,000 and the hours at 130; the 2026-27 budget proviso raises the lifetime cap to $25,000, sets $12,000 a year and lifts the 130-hour cap, and it expires on June 30, 2027.
A drilling South Carolina Guard member who has completed basic training and AIT. Section 59-114-40(A)(1) and (B). Good standing with the active National Guard is required at the beginning of and throughout each academic year for which benefits are payable.
A Guard or State Guard member released from duty ordered by the Governor has a right to the previous position, enforceable in circuit court with lost wages and benefits. The window to apply is five days, which is far shorter than USERRA’s, and a member of another state’s guard working in South Carolina is covered.
State duty at the direction of the Governor, honorably released. Sections 25-1-2310 and 25-1-2340 cover the South Carolina National Guard and the South Carolina State Guard. Section 25-1-2350 covers a person employed in South Carolina who is a member of another state’s national or state guard called by that state’s Governor.
An active member of the state retirement system may buy up to six years of service credit for military service, at an actuarially neutral price with a floor of sixteen percent of current or career highest salary per year. Any discharge other than dishonorable qualifies.
Discharged or separated under conditions other than dishonorable. Section 9-1-1140(C). Only a dishonorable discharge is named as disqualifying, which makes this the broadest discharge test in the South Carolina file.
South Carolina has no statutory veterans preference. The preference is a Department of Administration policy effective January 1, 2021 requiring that at least one qualified veteran be interviewed for each full-time equivalent position posted. No points, no ranking, no removal protection and nothing to sue on.
Honorable discharge and federal preference eligibility. The Department of Administration policy reaches honorably discharged members of the Armed Forces who receive employment preference from the federal government, on production of a DD Form 214 with the state application.
One month of free undergraduate tuition for each month of qualifying service, never less than one academic year and never more than four, at a Regents university or a technical college. Federal education benefits have to be exhausted first.
A wartime veteran under 33A-2-2, or a Red Cross or war relief worker, residing in the state now. The entitlement runs to a veteran as defined by 33A-2-1 and 33A-2-2, or to a person who performed active war service such as nursing or caring for service members as a member of the Red Cross or a similar government-approved war relief organisation during a 33A-2-2 period, who resides in South Dakota and qualifies for resident tuition. Residence at the time of entry into service does not affect eligibility.
A veteran who served in the Second World War, Korea, or between February 28, 1961 and May 7, 1975 may request an honorary high school diploma from any school district in the state, and the district must award it.
Honorably discharged, and service inside one of three windows. December 7, 1941 to September 2, 1945; June 25, 1950 to July 31, 1953; or February 28, 1961 to May 7, 1975. Service falling only between August 1953 and February 1961 does not qualify.
One hundred percent of in-state resident tuition for a member of the South Dakota National Guard, undergraduate and graduate, and since 2024 at in-state private nonprofit institutions as well. The GI Bill does not reduce it.
A serving Guard member throughout the term. Membership in a South Dakota Army or Air National Guard unit throughout each semester or vocational program applied for, initial basic training completed, satisfactory duty on return including at least ninety percent attendance at scheduled drills and annual training, satisfactory academic progress, and notice to the institution at registration.
Three separate routes: restoration of a licence held at the time of induction, credit for military training toward licensing requirements, and a thirty-day expedited licence for an active duty member or spouse transferred into the state. Federal law since December 2024 goes further and treats a member’s or spouse’s out-of-state licence as valid on a move under orders.
Restoration requires the licence to have been held at entry. Section 36-1-1 restores a professional or occupational status held in good standing at the time of induction, enlistment or engagement, on compliance with current requirements.
A veteran holding a public position cannot be removed except for incompetency or misconduct, after notice, stated charges and a hearing, with the burden of proof on the employer. It is the least-known veterans benefit in the state.
Holding a public position and within a preference class. The protection runs to a person holding a public position by appointment or employment who belongs to a class granted preference under chapter 3-3: a veteran under 33A-2-1, the unmarried spouse of a veteran who died in service or from a service-connected cause, or the spouse of a disabled veteran under 3-3-8.
A veteran, an active duty member, and the spouse or child of either are classified as resident students with no twelve-month waiting period. Anyone living in the state on Chapter 30, 31 or 33 benefits gets the same treatment on arrival, and federal law adds Chapter 35 users and, from August 1, 2026, Chapter 1606 users.
Veteran, active duty member, or the spouse or child of either. A veteran under 33A-2-1 or 33A-2-2, an active duty member, the spouse or child of a veteran who has established residency in the state, and the spouse or child of an active duty member.
A state employee activated into Title 10 or Title 32 service other than for training is paid the difference between state salary and military pay and allowances, at least quarterly, for as long as the activation lasts.
An employee of the State of South Dakota. The section names state employees. Counties, municipalities and school districts are not covered, unlike in the veterans preference chapter.
A veteran gets preference for appointment, employment and promotion at every level of government in the state, an interview as of right if minimally qualified, and mandamus to enforce it. There are no points and no numerical formula.
A veteran under 33A-2-1 and a United States citizen. The chapter runs on the broad definition in 33A-2-1, so a Guard or reserve member who served the full obligation qualifies. Citizenship is an express requirement.
St. Charles County pays Guard and Reserve employees for all State duty and up to 15 calendar days of federal duty a year, and for those sent into harm's way on designated operations pays the difference between military pay and county pay, with health and dental cover. Its Veteran Employee Taskforce promotes veteran hiring.
County employees in the Guard or Reserve. For St. Charles County employees ordered to State or federal duty. No rating is needed.
A St. Clair County employee in the retirement system can buy up to five years of credit for active duty of 30 days or more: intervening military service that interrupted county work and non-intervening service bought at 5% of pay, both under the war or national emergency rule.
County retirement system member. Active duty of 30 days or more, entered before June 1, 1980 or in a war or emergency period, purchased at 5% of pay, capped at five years in all. No rating is needed.
The St. Clair County Code ranks a certified applicant for a Sheriff's deputy post who has honorably served above every other applicant with the same rating. State law adds what the Code does not say: a veteran discharged within the last six months can ask to be examined before the next scheduled test date.
Honorable service, filed with the Commission. The tie-breaker needs a certificate of honorable service on file; the early examination needs a discharge within six months. No rating is needed.
Under section 205.055 an honorably discharged veteran, the spouse or unremarried surviving spouse, and a PCS military spouse owe St. Johns County no local business tax. The Tax Collector's May 2026 affidavit offers it, but its FAQ still says disabled veterans get only up to $50 off, the rule Florida repealed in 2018.
Honorable discharge, or a listed spouse. An honorably discharged veteran, a spouse or unremarried surviving spouse, or a PCS military spouse. No rating is needed.
St. Louis County adds up to 10 points to a passing exam grade for a veteran receiving VA disability compensation, and up to 5 for other wartime, campaign or disabled veterans, on open competitive lists for merit jobs. Promotion lists get no points. One date in the ordinance is misprinted.
Up to 10 points with paid VA disability compensation, up to 5 otherwise. Honorable discharge or under honorable conditions from active duty, before entering the merit system. Open competitive lists only. The rating filter does not test it, since any paid rating qualifies for the 10 points.
Under section 205.055 an honorably discharged veteran, the spouse or unremarried surviving spouse, and a PCS military spouse owe St. Lucie County no local business tax. The Tax Collector's Military and Veterans page still describes only the repealed rule for disabled veterans and the widows of disabled veterans, and its Local Business Tax page mentions no exemption at all.
Honorable discharge, or a listed spouse. An honorably discharged veteran, a spouse or unremarried surviving spouse, or a PCS military spouse. No rating is needed.
Suffolk County waives the civil service exam application fee for any resident veteran, active duty service member, or current reservist or Guard member. Show a DD-214 and proof of residence, or the County veteran ID card.
Suffolk residence and veteran or current military status. No rating is needed.
Sutter County adds 5 points to a passing score in an open recruitment for a veteran, 10 for a veteran rated 10% or more, and 5 for a veteran's surviving spouse, for new hires outside the Merit System Services classifications (Resolution 09-060, 2009); claim them on the application with the DD-214 or VA letter by the final filing date.
Veterans and surviving spouses applying for county jobs. Five points for a veteran under Government Code 18973, ten with a rating of 10% or more, five for a surviving spouse; claim them by the final filing date.
In unincorporated Sutter County a veteran with an honorable discharge or a release from active duty under honorable conditions gets the Sheriff's solicitor, canvasser or peddler permit without the $42 a year ($21 for six months) fee (County Code 210-060), but must meet every other requirement, and the exemption does not reach family, employees or agents.
Veterans under Business and Professions Code 16102. An honorable discharge or release under honorable conditions; no rating is needed. The permit must still be applied for.
Suwannee County's employment application carries its own Veterans' Preference Form, verified by the county veterans service officer, but the form (revised August 2013) lists five of the seven classes section 295.07 now covers, asks for an honorable discharge in every class, and prints Korean and Vietnam War dates that differ from section 1.01(14).
Veterans and listed family members applying for county jobs. Disabled, wartime and other veterans, reservists and listed family members under section 295.07. No rating is needed for most classes.
A lottery-funded grant for post-9/11 veterans and Guard and reserve members holding the Iraq, Afghanistan or Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal or the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal: $1,000 a semester at twelve hours or more, $500 at six to eleven, for up to eight semesters; apply each year by September 1, March 1 or May 1.
One of four campaign or expeditionary medals, awarded on or after September 11, 2001. Iraq Campaign Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, or Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal (added by TSAC rule). Deployment without one of these medals does not qualify.
A veteran using VA education benefits and living in Tennessee pays no out-of-state tuition or fees at a public institution, regardless of formal residency. It turns on living here, not on being domiciled here.
Using VA education benefits at the enrolling institution. The individual must be a veteran or other person eligible for educational benefits administered by VA and must be using those benefits at the institution where enrolled. Transferred entitlement, Fry and survivors’ and dependents’ benefits qualify the user.
Twenty paid working days a year for a reserve or Guard member employed by the state, plus additional paid days for any call to active state duty, with no length-of-service requirement and no effect on vacation, sick leave or performance rating.
A member of a reserve component, including the Tennessee National Guard. The leave runs to state employees who are members of a reserve component performing duty or training under competent orders, for the state or the United States.
A Tennessee private employer may adopt a written policy preferring veterans and certain spouses in hiring, and doing so is not an equal employment opportunity violation. Nothing requires an employer to have one.
Honorably discharged veteran, or a qualifying spouse. The section reaches an honorably discharged veteran, the spouse of a veteran with a service-connected disability, the unremarried surviving spouse of a veteran who died from a service-connected disability, and the unremarried surviving spouse of a member who died in the line of duty.
Tuition reimbursement for a serving Tennessee National Guard member toward a first bachelor’s or master’s degree or a vocational certificate. It pays last, after federal tuition assistance and every other grant.
Serving and in good standing in the Tennessee National Guard. The member must be currently active in the TNNG and in good standing, and still serving when the term ends.
Full waiver of tuition and fees at state institutions for a child under 23, or the spouse, of a veteran killed, who died of service injuries, or reported a prisoner of war or missing in action. A total disability rating does not open it.
The parent or spouse was killed, died of service injuries, or was a POW or MIA. Killed, died as a direct result of injuries received, or officially reported as a prisoner of war or missing in action while serving honorably during a qualifying period of armed conflict, or formerly a POW or MIA under those circumstances.
Not points. A veteran who meets the minimum qualifications is guaranteed a first-round interview, wins a tie, and gets a written explanation filed within 30 days if passed over. Spouses qualify on a 100 percent rating or a line-of-duty death.
Honorably discharged, including reserve components performing active federal service. The policy names the Army, Navy, Air Force, Space Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and the reserve components as defined in 10 U.S.C. 10101 who perform active federal service.
Up to 150 credit hours of tuition and most fees waived at any Texas public college or university. A veteran who has unused hours can hand them to one child at a time under the Legacy provision, and a spouse or child of a veteran who died in service or is totally disabled for employability gets 150 hours of their own.
Service and residency, not a rating, for the veteran. The veteran path tests entry into service from Texas, more than 180 days of active duty, an honorable discharge, current Texas residence, and exhausted or insufficient federal education benefits. No disability rating is required, and the rating filter does not hide this benefit.
A Texas entity owned entirely by honorably discharged veterans pays no $300 formation filing fee and owes no franchise tax for its first five years. House Bill 346 of 2025 struck the January 1, 2026 sunset, so the program is now permanent.
100 percent veteran ownership and formation on or after January 1, 2022. The gates are an honorable discharge for every owner, 100 percent veteran ownership, formation or organization in Texas on or after January 1, 2022, and a Veteran Verification Letter obtained before formation. No disability rating is involved, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.
Every Texas licensing agency has to process a military applicant within 10 business days, waive application and examination fees, credit military training toward requirements, and issue a licence to a holder of an out-of-state licence similar in scope of practice. It applies to a military spouse as well, on the rules House Bill 5629 set from September 1, 2025.
Military service member, veteran, or military spouse status. Chapter 55 turns on being a military service member, a military veteran, or a military spouse as those terms are defined in section 55.001. No disability rating is involved, and the rating filter never hides this benefit.
An officer or employee of the State, a city, a county or another Texas political subdivision who serves in the Texas military forces or a reserve component gets up to 15 workdays a fiscal year of paid leave for authorized training or duty, plus up to 7 more for state active duty in a disaster, without losing vacation, sick leave or efficiency rating.
Guard, State Guard or reserve member working for a Texas public employer. An officer or employee of the State or a Texas city, county or other political subdivision who serves in the Texas military forces, a reserve component of the armed forces, or an authorized urban search and rescue team. No rating is involved.
A qualified veteran is entitled to preference over an equally qualified applicant for any state or public entity job in Texas, and gets 10 points added to any competitive exam score. Every state agency has to set a goal of filling 20% of its full-time positions with veterans.
90 consecutive days during a declared national emergency, or discharge for a disability. The preference tests 90 consecutive days of service during a declared national emergency or a discharge for an established service-connected disability, plus an honorable discharge and competence. No rating percentage is required, though a veteran with a disability ranks first in the agency priority order.