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Free Tuition for Veterans' Children — Three Routes, Three Statutes

A child of a veteran who is totally and permanently disabled from service attends the university system tuition-free (RSA 187-A:20). Children of members killed in wartime service — or who died of a service-connected disability — get free tuition plus up to $2,500 a year for room, board and books (RSA 193:19-21). Children of the missing and captured attend the community colleges free (RSA 188-F:15).

Verified August 21, 2026

What this benefit is

A child of a veteran who is totally and permanently disabled from service attends the university system tuition-free (RSA 187-A:20). Children of members killed in wartime service — or who died of a service-connected disability — get free tuition plus up to $2,500 a year for room, board and books (RSA 193:19-21). Children of the missing and captured attend the community colleges free (RSA 188-F:15).

What it's worth: University-system tuition free for the child; the survivor routes add up to $2,500/yr for living costs

  • The tool models the living-veteran route; the KIA, died-of-service-cause and MIA/POW routes reach further and are described in the steps.

Who is entitled to it

  • The parent is totally and permanently disabled from service — the living-veteran route.
  • The qualifying parent was domiciled in this state.

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How to claim it

  1. 1Living-veteran route (RSA 187-A:20): a biological, adopted or step child of a member totally and permanently disabled from service attends the university system free — the parent must have been domiciled in the state at entry to service or when rated, and be (or have been at death) a resident.
  2. 2Survivor route (RSA 193:19-21): children of members who died in wartime service, or of certain wartime veterans who died of a service-connected disability, get free tuition at the public institutions plus a scholarship of up to $2,500 a year for board, room, books and supplies, up to four years, on financial need.
  3. 3MIA/POW route (RSA 188-F:15): the child of a member domiciled here and reported missing or captured after 28 February 1961 attends the community college system free while the parent remains so listed.
  4. 4The university system's military services office fields all three — start there rather than with the registrar.
Form
Institution enrolment with qualifying documentation
File with
The university or community college veterans services office
Documents you will need
va benefit summary letter
Annual
Claimed once a year.
Worth knowingServing members have their own track: National Guard members take courses tuition-free space-available at state institutions after initial training, federal entitlements first — and since a 2022 law, a member past their six-year initial obligation may TRANSFER the community-college waiver to a spouse (currently authorized until 1 July 2027), taking on a four-year reserve obligation.

Sources

Why only one source type: The state veterans department's page states each route with its statute, the domicile rules and the $2,500 scholarship figure; the statute server refuses connections.

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