VA GI BIll students underpaid living stipends

VA underpaying on GI Bill living stipends

By Rick Maze - Staff writer
Posted : Monday Apr 19, 2010 13:50:19 EDT

In a sign of continuing problems with the Post-9/11 GI Bill, Veterans Affairs Department officials acknowledged Monday that living stipends being paid to students for the spring term are outdated because of problems with computing the payments.

On average, this means students are receiving about $63 less a month than they should. In some cases, especially in high-cost areas, the losses could be significantly higher.

The problem came to light just days before the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee will hold a hearing about implementation problems for the new and problem-plagued education program, which launched Aug. 1.
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VA underpaying on GI Bill living stipends