The following is one of the military education benefits for Maine. You can view all the military education benefits for Maine here.
Maine Veterans Dependents Education Benefits Program: Awards entitle eligible students to tuition waiver in any Maine supported institution. A summer course counts as one full semester. Recipients have up to six consecutive academic years to complete up to eight semesters except if interrupted by illness or disability. Spouses of veterans who are attending state-supported postsecondary vocational schools or institutions of collegiate grade must be admitted free of tuition including mandatory fees and lab fees for Associate's, Bachelor's and Master's degree programs. Room and board may not be waived. Children of veterans who are attending state-supported postsecondary vocational schools or institutions of collegiate grade must be admitted free of tuition including mandatory fees and lab fees for Associate's and Bachelor's programs. The tuition waiver provided under this paragraph may be reduced by an amount necessary to ensure that the value of this waiver, combined with all other grants and benefits received by the student, does not exceed the total cost of education. Room and board may not be waived. A child of a veteran has 6 academic years from the date of first entrance to complete 8 semesters. The director may waive the limit of 6 consecutive academic years when the recipient's education has been interrupted by severe medical disability or illness making continued attendance impossible.
Eligibility: Veteran must have been a resident of Maine at the time of entry into the service, or if not must have been a resident of Maine for five years preceding application for benefits. " Child" means a child whose mother or father is or was a veteran and the child is at least 16 years of age; has graduated from high school; and enrolled in a degree program prior to turning age 22 and has not reached the age of 26 at the time of application. "Child" also means a stepchild who is a member of a veteran's household either at the time of application or, in the event of the veteran's death, was a member of the household, and who continues to be a member of the veteran's household after the death of the veteran. " Child" also means a legally adopted child whose natural parent is or was a veteran. " Spouse" means the person currently legally married to a living veteran or the widow or widower of a deceased veteran, not previously divorced from that veteran. " Veteran" means any person who served in the military or Naval forces of the United States and entered the service from the State or resided in this State for 5 years immediately preceding application for aid and who: a. Is living and is determined to have a total permanent disability resulting from service-connected disability as a result of service; b. Was killed in action; c. Died from a service-connected disability as a result of service; d. At the time of death was totally and permanently disabled due to service-connected disability, but whose death was not related to the service-connected disability; or e. Is a member of the Armed Forces on active duty who has been listed for more than 90 days as missing in action, captured or forcibly detained or interned in the line of duty by a foreign government or power.