Legislation would extend Pa. Guard education benefits to family members
HARRISBURG — Legislation is on the move to extend the Pennsylvania National Guard’s higher education benefits to family members.
Gov. Tom Wolf said he supports the bill and urged the Senate to pass it. The bill passed the House unanimously last week.
Under the bill, a Pennsylvania National Guard member who signs up for a six-year re-enlistment can pass along the service’s higher education benefit to a spouse or a child.
The benefit provides for up to 10 semesters or five years’ equivalent of the in-state rate at a Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education university, or that assistance can go toward an institution of higher education that’s approved by the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency.
By Associated Press
