Training and Workforce
House Committee Votes Cap on Flight Training Benefits
The cap would limit G.I. Bill flight training benefits to $20,235 per year, although currently enrolled veterans would be grandfathered for two years.

On May 21 the U.S. House Veterans Affairs Committee voted to cap public college tuition and flight-training benefits under the post-9/11 G.I. Bill to $20,235 per year for qualified U.S. military veterans, with an amendment to grandfather all veterans currently enrolled in flight-training programs for two years. The $20,235 cap already applies to private and nonprofit schools. The imposition of that cap in 2011 forced private schools with aviation programs to partner with public institutions and/or their agents to provide the flight-training portion of their curricula. The new amendment is designed to close a loophole in the current law that permitted virtually unlimited Veterans Administration (VA) funding of courses taken at public colleges or their affiliates, including flight-training fees.


Loading…