Federal / 116th Congress
Public Law 116-315, section 1005 Removed the three-year window after discharge from the federal in-state tuition rule
Struck "less than three years before the date of enrollment in the course concerned" from 38 U.S.C. 3679(c)(2)(A), for terms beginning on or after August 1, 2021. A veteran with ninety days of active service using a covered VA education benefit and living in the state must be charged the resident rate at a public institution however long ago the discharge was. State guides and at least one catalog entry still described the old window.
Progress
Path to law: Act of Congress
- Introduced Done, House
- In committee Done, House Veterans' Affairs and Budget
- Passed one chamber Done, House, voice vote under suspension
- Passed both chambers Done, Senate passed it amended by unanimous consent on December 9; House agreed
- Signed by the President Done,
- In effect Done,
Sponsors
- Mike Levin
- Gus M. Bilirakis
- Mark Takano
- David P. Roe
- Chris Pappas
- Jim Banks
- Mike Bost
- Jack Bergman
- Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.
- Julia Brownley
- Elaine G. Luria
What it touches
- 38 U.S.C. § 3679(c)
Catalog entries (26)
- Arkansas In-State Tuition for Veterans, Service Members and Families
- Colorado In-State Tuition for Veterans and Military Families
- Connecticut Public College Tuition Waiver for Wartime Veterans
- Delaware In-State Tuition for Military Spouses and Children
- Education Benefits for Veterans in American Samoa
- Free Tuition at the University of the Virgin Islands
- Free University of Puerto Rico Tuition for Veterans and Half Price for Family
- Guam Veterans Higher Education Benefits Act
- In-State Tuition for Veterans at the University of the District of Columbia
- Indiana Resident Tuition for Veterans, Their Families and Guard Members
- Iowa Resident Tuition for Veterans, Service Members and Their Families
- Kentucky In-State Tuition Rates for Nonresident Veterans and Guard Members
- Massachusetts Public Higher Education Tuition Waiver for Veterans
- Minnesota Higher Education Fairness for Veterans
- Mississippi In-State Tuition for Nonresident Veterans and Military Families
- Missouri In-State Tuition and Academic Credit for Military Service
- Nebraska In-State Tuition for Veterans and Their Families
- North Carolina In-State Tuition for Service Members and Veterans
- Oregon Resident Tuition for Veterans and Military Families
- South Carolina In-State Tuition for a Veteran and Dependents
- South Dakota Resident Tuition for Veterans and Military Families
- Tennessee In-State Tuition for Veterans Using VA Education Benefits
- Utah Resident Tuition for Veterans and Military Families
- West Virginia In-State Tuition for Nonresident Veterans
- What the Northern Mariana Islands Does Not Offer Veterans
- Wisconsin GI Bill: Fee Remission for Spouses and Children
Official record
Read Public Law 116-315, section 1005 on the jurisdiction's own record