Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserves Tuition Fairness Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserves Tuition Fairness Act of 2025 extends in-state tuition protections to veterans and service members using the Selected Reserve educational assistance program (chapter 1606 of title 10). Currently, the VA can disapprove courses at public colleges that charge out-of-state tuition to veterans using certain GI Bill programs; this bill adds the Selected Reserve program to that list.
Who Benefits and How
Veterans and service members in the Selected Reserve benefit directly by being guaranteed in-state tuition rates at any public college or university they attend, regardless of their residency status. This could save them thousands of dollars per year in tuition costs. The protection kicks in for academic periods beginning on or after August 1, 2026.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Public colleges and universities must now charge in-state tuition rates to Selected Reserve members or risk having their courses disapproved by the VA. This means losing access to VA educational funding entirely for those programs. The Department of Veterans Affairs takes on additional administrative responsibility to enforce compliance and process the expanded category of eligible students.
Key Provisions
- Amends 38 U.S.C. 3679 to include chapter 1606 of title 10 (Selected Reserve educational assistance) in the in-state tuition requirement
- Authorizes the VA to disapprove courses at public institutions that charge out-of-state rates to these veterans
- Adds individuals entitled to assistance under section 16131 of title 10 to the list of covered persons
- Effective date: Applies to academic periods beginning on or after August 1, 2026
- Makes conforming amendments throughout section 3679 to ensure consistent treatment.
- Extends Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserve tuition fairness to the covered reservist education benefit context.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill aims to ensure fair treatment for veterans using educational assistance by directing the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disapprove courses offered by public institutions that charge out-of-state tuition rates.
Key Policy Areas
Education, Veterans Affairs
Primary Purpose
This bill aims to ensure fair treatment for veterans using educational assistance by directing the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disapprove courses offered by public institutions that charge out-of-state tuition rates.
Policy Domains
Legislative Progress
Signed into LawBecame Public Law No: 119-55.
Signed by President.
Presented to President.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous …
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8400)
Passed House (inferred from enr version)
Enrolled Bill (inferred from enr version)
Passed Senate (inferred from enr version)
Stakeholder Effects
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Public institutions charging out-of-state tuition to veterans
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
The official name of the bill, used for citation purposes.
Amends section 3679 of title 38, United States Code to include chapter 1606 of title 10 in the list of chapters for which courses offered by public institutions that do not charge veterans in-state tuition rates are disapproved.
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