SYRACUSE — Onondaga Community College (OCC) on Thursday announced that veterans whose legal residence is out of state, but were honorably discharged in New York can pay the in-state tuition rate to attend the school.
Those eligible will be begin paying that tuition rate beginning with the summer 2013 semester, the school said in a news release.
As part of the Post-9/11 GI Bill, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) would pay the out-of-state tuition rate. However, the law changed in August 2011 and the VA would no longer cover the additional charges, according to OCC.
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The nonprofit Students Veterans Advocacy Group, based in Wilmington, N.C., estimated the change impacted 250,000 veterans nationwide, including soldiers with out-of-state residence who were honorably discharged from Fort Drum and decided to enroll at OCC.
The school made the tuition announcement during the sixth annual Operation: Start Up & Grow event, a business conference for veterans and members of the military community who want to start or expand small business.
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