The United States House and Senate recently passed an updated GI Bill, expanding educational benefits for veterans who have served at least three years since September 11th 2001.  The original GI Bill, passed in 1944, sent thousands of World War II veterans to college, so many that in 1947 almost half of America’s college students were veterans.  The new bill, championed by Senator Jim Webb of Virginia, will cost over $52 billion over the next ten years and provide veterans with assistance for up to 36 months, or four academic years.  The bill expands tuition assistance to cover up to the full cost of the most expensive public four year in the state, as well as a housing stipend.  While the bill passed both the House and Senate by veto-proof majorities, President Bush has threatened to veto the bill. 

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Read Senator Webb’s press packet on the bill (pdf)