New GI Bill to cover tuition entirely at participating schools

Thursday, August 13, 2009 | 12:01 a.m. CDT; updated 12:14 p.m. CDT, Wednesday, August 19, 2009

COLUMBIA — Before Aug. 1, if a veteran wanted to attend a private college, that person would have had to find a way to pay what the GI Bill did not cover. But since the new GI Bill took effect at the beginning of the month, veterans enrolling in Columbia College could see their entire tuition waived. 

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