Re-Enlist and the Tuition Goes to Your Spouse or Child Instead
The Military Family Education Program lets a Pennsylvania Guard member — or an eligible former member — earn tuition for a SPOUSE OR CHILD by entering an additional six-year service agreement. It pays up to the annual PASSHE in-state tuition rate plus technology fee, FOR UP TO FIVE ACADEMIC YEARS, and it can be used for a degree, a certificate OR CAREER-ENTRANCE TRAINING. That last point matters: it is not confined to a university path. The programme launched in academic year 2020-21.
Verified August 27, 2026
What this benefit is
The Military Family Education Program lets a Pennsylvania Guard member — or an eligible former member — earn tuition for a SPOUSE OR CHILD by entering an additional six-year service agreement. It pays up to the annual PASSHE in-state tuition rate plus technology fee, FOR UP TO FIVE ACADEMIC YEARS, and it can be used for a degree, a certificate OR CAREER-ENTRANCE TRAINING. That last point matters: it is not confined to a university path. The programme launched in academic year 2020-21.
What it's worth: Up to the PASSHE in-state rate plus technology fee, for up to five academic years
- Earned by an eligible PA National Guard member OR ELIGIBLE FORMER MEMBER who enters an ADDITIONAL SIX-YEAR service agreement.
- Used by a SPOUSE OR CHILD.
- Up to the annual PASSHE IN-STATE TUITION RATE PLUS TECHNOLOGY FEE.
- UP TO FIVE ACADEMIC YEARS.
- Usable for a DEGREE, CERTIFICATE OR CAREER-ENTRANCE TRAINING programme — not confined to a university path.
- Launched in academic year 2020-21.
- As with the EAP, the amount is pegged to PASSHE rather than to what your school charges.
Who is entitled to it
- You are in one of the groups this reaches.
- The member is in the National Guard.
- You are enrolled or applying.
- Pennsylvania schools.
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How to claim it
Deadline: By PHEAA's annual deadline- 1The member enters the additional six-year agreement first — the benefit follows from it.
- 2Decide who will use it. It goes to a spouse or a child, not back to the member.
- 3Consider certificate and career-entrance training as well as degrees; both are covered.
- 4Plan the five academic years against the length of the programme.
- 5Price your school against the PASSHE in-state rate; the difference is yours.
- Form
- Application through PHEAA with the PA National Guard
- File with
- PHEAA, with the PA National Guard
- Annual
- Claimed once a year.
Sources
- authority · published policyPHEAA — Military Family Education Program
- operating · published policyPennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
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