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DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY & VETERANS AFFAIRS
www.dmva.state.pa.us
GRANT/PROGRAM
Education Assistance Program (Act 11 of 2000) – This
public service grant provides funds to help cover the cost of
tuition for eligible Pennsylvania National Guard members
who attend approved institutions of higher learning located in
Pennsylvania.
Grants are available to eligible PA National Guard members for
100 percent of the tuition cost for full-time students (12 or more
credits) at a State System of Higher Education (SSHE) school.
Those members attending a non-SSHE school would be eligible
to receive the equivalent amount, $3,120, or their actual tuition
cost, whichever is less per semester. PA National Guard members
that do not possess a bachelor’s degree and are enrolled as
a part-time student (3 to 11 credits) can receive 100 percent of
their tuition or $2,080 per semester, whichever amount is less;
those members possessing a bachelor’s degree would be eligible
to receive 50 percent of their tuition or $1,040 per semester,
whichever amount is less.
CONTACT INFO/DEADLINE
Members who were deployed to a combat
zone will have their eligibility for EAP extended
for a period of one year or for one
additional month for each month of service,
whichever is longer. Eligible EAP members
who were ordered to active Federal service
or active State duty will have the deadline
for making grant payments extended for one
additional month for each month of service
after the member is discharged or released
under honorable conditions from the PA National
Guard.
Eligible members discharged after 11 September
2001 because of a line of duty injury will
have extended EAP benefits for 6 years from
the date of the “Medical” discharge.
Contact – PA Department of Military and
Veterans Affairs, Education Center at 1-866-
920-7902
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