COMING HOME

Veterans face confusion using GI Bill at state schools

By: Associated Press - Texarkana Gazette

Associated Press • This 2008 photo provided by Stephen Lee shows Lee, right, having a meal with Afghans in Paktika province, Afghanistan. Lee was still in Afghanistan when he began looking at colleges. The California native settled on the University of Wisconsin-Madison and had already begun h...

Associated Press • In this Nov. 11, 2011, photo provided by the family, Hayleigh Perez stands in front of a field of small U.S. flags at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, on Veterans Day. In choosing to serve her country in uniform, Perez knowingly accepted a nomadic life. Now the former Army ...

RALEIGH, N.C.—In choosing to serve her country in uniform, Hayleigh Lynn Perez knowingly accepted a nomadic life. Now the former Army sergeant says she and thousands of other veterans trying to get a higher education are being penalized for that enforced rootlessness.

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Published: 01/06/2013