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The North Dakota National Guard offers a tuition waiver to attend state controlled educational institutions. In addition, dependents of resident veterans who were killed in action, disabled or died from wounds or other service-connected causes, were a prisoner of war, or was declared missing in action, can receive a tuition waiver to attend a state supported school. 

 

South Dakota resident veterans are eligible for a tuition waiver for undergraduate coursework at any state supported school. Veteran’s who receive benefits under the GI Bill are not eligible. Also, children of veterans who were killed, wounded or are missing in action may be eligible for a tuition waiver as well. The South Dakota 50% Tuition Program provides Guardsmen a tuition waiver not to exceed 50% of the cost of tuition at a state-supported school.  

 

The Nebraska National Guard State Tuition Assistance Program provides service members a 75 percent tuition waiver at accredited, not for profit, state institutions. Also, children and spouses of deceased state veterans who died as a result of their service or were classified or listed as missing in action or prisoners of war may also be eligible for a full tuition waiver at all state funded colleges and universities.

 

The Kansas National Guard Educational Assistance Program allows service members to receive up to 100% of tuition and fees at a state supported university, community college, or vocational school. These Soldiers will be required to serve in the Kansas National Guard for an additional period equal to 50 percent of the duration of benefits received or three months for each semester paid. Also, the spouse and dependents of military personnel who died as a result of active military service on or after Sept. 11, 2001, are eligible for a waiver of tuition and fees at any state educational institution. Plus, children of a resident veteran who became a prisoner of war, went missing in action or died during the service in the Vietnam Conflict are also eligible to 12 semesters of tuition waivers at state funded schools. 

 

The Minnesota GI Bill provides grants up to $1,000 per semester to eligible Minnesota veterans who served on or after Sept. 11, 2001.

 

War Orphans Educational Aid provides $600 for war orphans who attend educational institutions of higher learning. The aid may be used to defray the expenses of tuition, matriculation, laboratory and similar fees, books and supplies, board, lodging, and any other reasonably necessary expense.

 

Resident veterans who served after Sept.r 11, 2001, receive a reduction in tuition costs and will be required to only pay a maximum of $50 per credit. Also, children and spouses of Vietnam veterans whose death was attributed or caused by exposure to toxic chemicals during the Vietnam conflict may be eligible for a grant equivalent to the amount of tuition charged to a Missouri undergraduate resident enrolled full-time in the same class level and in the same academic major as an applicant at the University of Missouri-Columbia.

 

Military service members and their dependents are offered in-state tuition to state funded schools. The Ohio National Guard Scholarship Program pays up to 100 percent of tuition and fees at state colleges and universities. It also pays up to 100 percent of average state college or university tuition at private or out-of-state schools.

 

The Wisconsin G.I. Bill provides full tuition and fees for eligible veterans and their dependents for up to eight semesters or 128 credits at any University of Wisconsin System (UWS) or Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) institution for study at the undergraduate or graduate level. The state urges its residents to get all the facts about the Wisconsin GI Bill before making the irrevocable choice to switch to the Post-9/11 GI Bill.

 

Michigan provides an annual undergraduate tuition grant of up to $2,800 for the eligible children of certain deceased military personnel or totally and permanently disabled veterans. Also, the National Guard Association of Michigan (NGAM) provides scholarships for eligible members. These scholarship awards vary depending on the number of applications received. Plus, a growing number of Michigan universities and colleges offer tuition grants to members of the Michigan National Guard

 

The Illinois National Guard Scholarship entitles any enlisted person or lieutenant or captain with at least one year of service in the Illinois Army or Air National Guard to tuition and fees coverage for eight semesters of full-time or part-time undergraduate study or graduate study at any Illinois state-controlled university or community college. Also, dependents of resident veterans who died as the result of a service-connected disability, were prisoners of war or were missing in action may be entitled to full payment of tuition and certain fees to any state-supported Illinois institution of higher learning. Also, the Illinois Veteran Grant (IVG) Program pays tuition and certain fees at all Illinois state-supported colleges and universities. In addition, each county in the state is entitled to issue one honorary scholarship to children of veterans who served in WWI, WWII, Korean and Vietnam conflict periods with preference being given to the children of deceased and disabled veterans.

 

The natural or legally adopted child(ren) of a disabled veteran may be eligible for remission of fees (free tuition) at any state-supported post secondary school or university. The remission is good for 124 semester hours of education and may be used for either undergraduate or graduate level work.