Erin Hensel just finished her first year of college and is looking ahead to getting a master’s degree to become a middle school math teacher.
Hensel, a 28-year-old U.S. Air Force veteran from Milwaukee, said it was important to her that the state keep a benefit that provides full tuition reimbursement to all veterans for up to 128 credit hours.
Separate plans that have passed the state Senate and Assembly would limit the benefit to either undergraduate or graduate degrees, but not both. And the benefit would expire 10 years after a person left military service.
The Republican budget that passed the Assembly also removes $10.5 million in funding to help reimburse the state’s technical colleges and universities for the program.