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Forever GI Bill - Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act[edit]

In August 2017, US President Donald Trump signed the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act; also known as, "The Forever GI Bill". The law came to pass through a strong bipartisan effort, and was intended to get rid of time constraints regarding educational benefits (for anyone that served after September 11, 2001), increase benefits for Purple Heart recipients, and reimburse service members that utilized benefits at for profit academic institutions that failed (eg ITT Technical Institute )[1][2]. Additionally, the law instated a host of other changes including increased benefits in STEM degrees, a slight decrease in monthly housing allowances, and changes in transferring benefits. [1]

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  1. ^ a b 223D. "Forever GI Bill - Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act - Education and Training". benefits.va.gov. Retrieved 2017-09-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "Frequently Asked Questions About the Closure of ITT Technical Institutes". Federal Student Aid. 2017-05-11. Retrieved 2017-09-14.