Kansas POW/MIA Vietnam Veteran Dependent Tuition Program

Kansas POW/MIA Vietnam Veteran Dependent Tuition Program

The following is one of the military education benefits for Kansas. You can view all the military education benefits for Kansas here.

Kansas POW/MIA Vietnam Veteran Dependent Tuition Program: Free tuition and fees for up to 12 semesters of instruction at all institutions supported by state monies offering postsecondary education in Kansas.

Eligibility: Children or any child legally adopted or in legal custody of a person who entered services in the U.S. Armed Forces as a Kansas resident and became a POW or MIA or Killed in Action during the Vietnam Conflict, as established by the Secretary of Defense after 1/1/60, and who had a dependent actually living in Kansas on 4/1/72. After qualifying under the terms of the act, return or reported death will not alter the provisions of the benefit.

	Published Oct 7, 2007

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