Bill > S3040

This bill modifies the Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship, which is a veteran educational benefit program focused on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) degrees. The bill makes several key changes: it reduces the number of months a student can receive the scholarship from 60 to 45 months and adjusts the percentage of tuition coverage from 90% to 67.5%. The bill also changes the priority order for scholarship recipients, now giving first preference to veterans who have used the most months of educational assistance, followed by those currently pursuing a STEM major. Additionally, the bill stipulates that individuals can only use this scholarship after exhausting all other educational assistance benefits they are entitled to under the existing veterans' education support chapter. These modifications aim to refine the scholarship's implementation and potentially make it available to more veterans by adjusting eligibility and usage rules.

Military Affairs and Security

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3040/all-info