The Post-9/11 GI Bill: Beneficiaries, Choices, and Cost

Congressional Budget Office

No 55179, Reports from Congressional Budget Office

Abstract: Beginning August 1, 2009, the Post-9/11 GI Bill extended educational benefits to service members who were on active duty in the military on or after September 11, 2001. Measured in 2018 dollars, the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) spent $65 billion on about 1.6 million beneficiaries in the seven years from the law’s inception through 2016. In 2016 alone, VBA spent $11 billion, an average of $17,400 per beneficiary.

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Date: 2019-05-07
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