No Waiver for Veterans Themselves — But a State Scholarship for Survivors
Vermont runs no tuition waiver or scholarship for veterans as such: the veterans office's education page lists federal programmes, the GI Bill above all, plus Guard tuition assistance for serving Guard members. Survivor families are a different case. The Vermont Armed Services Scholarship is a state programme under 16 V.S.A. §§2537-2541 that pays tuition up to the in-state public rate for the children, stepchildren and spouses of members who died in service. It is administered by VSAC.
Verified August 25, 2026
What this benefit is
Vermont runs no tuition waiver or scholarship for veterans as such: the veterans office's education page lists federal programmes, the GI Bill above all, plus Guard tuition assistance for serving Guard members. Survivor families are a different case. The Vermont Armed Services Scholarship is a state programme under 16 V.S.A. §§2537-2541 that pays tuition up to the in-state public rate for the children, stepchildren and spouses of members who died in service. It is administered by VSAC.
What it's worth: Nothing for veterans themselves — tuition to the in-state public rate for a survivor
- The Vermont Armed Services Scholarship pays tuition up to the in-state rate at a Vermont public institution, for children, stepchildren and spouses of a member who died in service.
- It is a state scholarship under 16 V.S.A. ch. 79 §§2537-2541, administered by VSAC — not one of the private scholarships VSAC also handles.
- For a veteran claiming in their own right there is no state tuition programme, and the GI Bill is what the planning has to be built around.
- Guard tuition assistance reaches serving Guard members through the Guard's own education office, not through this route.
Who is entitled to it
- You are a veteran.
- Your home is in Vermont.
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How to claim it
- 1Budget around the GI Bill: the veterans office's own page says most education programmes for veterans here are administered by the federal VA, and the office's service officers help with those claims.
- 2A serving Guard member is the exception, not the veteran: tuition assistance runs through the Guard's own education office and belongs to current members.
- 3VSAC administers a small number of PRIVATE scholarships for veterans and their families — worth a check, but they are neither a state programme nor an entitlement.
- Form
- Nothing to claim from the state
- File with
- The federal VA for GI Bill benefits; the Guard education office for serving members; VSAC for its private scholarships
- No renewal
- Once granted it does not need renewing.
Sources
- authority · published policyOffice of Veterans Affairs — Education Benefits
Why only one source type: The veterans office's own education page is the authoritative statement of what the state offers, and it lists no state tuition programme for veterans — an absence the page itself establishes.
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