§ 2538 - -Amount, duration, residence - Vermont Statutes

§ 2538. -Amount, duration, residence

(a) An armed services scholarship shall pay tuition expenses for an approved program at a Vermont postsecondary institution leading to a certificate or degree other than a postgraduate degree as follows:

(1) tuition at a Vermont university, college, or technical institute supported in whole or in part by public funds appropriated from the state treasury; or

(2) tuition expenses at a Vermont postsecondary institution up to an amount equal to the in-state tuition fee for that year at the Vermont state colleges.

(b) An armed services scholarship shall be tenable for a maximum of 130 academic credits or less as may be necessary to complete requirements for graduation.

(c) A person eligible and applying for an armed forces scholarship shall apply for a Federal Pell Grant. The amount of the armed services scholarship awarded shall be the remaining tuition costs to be paid pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, following receipt of a Pell Grant. (Added 1967, No. 199, § 2; amended 1973, No. 38; 2003, No. 21, § 3; 2003, No. 127 (Adj. Sess.), § 4.)