|
Desired
Outcomes
|
|
Consistent
in-state requirements.
In-state tuition:
-
for
service and family members
within their state of legal
residence
-
for
service and family
members while in the state
of assignment
-
and
continuity of in-state
tuition once established
|
| News
Highlight
|
| Tuition wavier program assists military families
|
| by
Michelle Voeller-Gleason
|
|
FORSCOM
News Service --
A
tuition waiver program
that helps Georgia
military families was
recently approved by the
State Board of Regents.
The
waiver encompasses all 34
state colleges.
The
waiver allows students to
keep in-state tuition
rates even when their
sponsor is reassigned
outside of Georgia.
Georgia is one of
the first states to change
its policy on the
out-state tuition waiver
campaign, said Michael
Tevnan, Program Manager,
Education Division, U.S.
Army Personnel Command.
Details
|
|
More
News >>>
|
|
Summary of Education Summit
On
8-10 July 2002, the Chief of Staff
of the Army (CSA) held an Army
Education Summit to address issues
surrounding in-state college tuition
for Soldiers and their family
members, and to address
implementation of the Secondary
Education Study Memorandum of
Agreement (SETS MOA).
During the summit, the
In-State Tuition Working Group
identified several issues
surrounding in-state tuition, and
agreed that these issues applied to
all the services, not solely the
Army.
Of most concern was that
although most states have policies
or laws in place granting in-state
tuition to military members and
their families, achieving this
status is difficult due to
inconsistencies in the application
of these policies/laws. Second, some
states did not even have a policy
addressing in-state tuition for
military personnel and their
families.
Finally, a majority of states
either had no continuity policy in
place or had inconsistent continuity
policies with restrictions, in the
event that the military member was
transferred.
|
