http://wfae.org en http://wfae.org/post/student-veterans-and-gi-bill <p>The GI Bill was created to give soldiers a way to go to college cost-free after they finished their service. But a cost-cutting change to the benefit may mean a big tuition bill for some vets. It now only covers in-state tuition, a problem for some returning soldiers who spent years bouncing from base to deployment without establishing residency anywhere. Some North Carolina veterans say the UNC system makes it even harder for them to qualify and now they’re suing. Mon, 19 Nov 2012 05:00:00 +0000 15962 at http://wfae.org Student Veterans And The GI Bill http://wfae.org/post/student-veterans-plan-sue-unc-discrimination <p>A group of veterans attending state-run universities in North Carolina plan to file a discrimination lawsuit against the UNC system this week alleging they are routinely - and wrongly - made to pay out-of-state tuition.</p><p>The military life is a transient one - training in one state, based in another, transferring every few of years. That's one reason the federal government doesn't require service members to change their driver license every time they move. So establishing residency for things like in-state tuition is tough, says Army veteran Andrew Sammons.</p> Wed, 19 Sep 2012 13:21:08 +0000 Julie Rose 5516 at http://wfae.org Student Veterans Plan To Sue UNC For Discrimination