Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Disabled veterans urge Youngkin to use line-item veto on budget language affecting college tuition waiver program - Tyler Englander, 8 News

They were hurt serving our country and now they say Virginia is turning its back on them.  We’re talking about military veterans permanently disabled due to their military service.  They say language in the state budget that is currently sitting on Governor Glenn Youngkin’s desk would change how a college tuition waiver program for families of totally or near-totally disabled veterans is run. “I have to go to my kids now and tell them we got to make some changes,” said Christian Soldat, a 100% disabled Army Veteran. “I got to figure out how I’m going to get your education at the higher education level.”