A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase flexibility in the transferability of Post-9/11 Educational Assistance, and for other purposes.

Key Points

• The bill simplifies the service requirement for transferring Post-9/11 GI Bill education benefits to family members. Instead of a complicated set of requirements with additional service commitments, service members would only need six years of service in the uniformed services to qualify.
• Veterans and service members could transfer their education benefits to a spouse or child at any time, even after leaving the military. Current law requires the transfer to happen while still serving on active duty, which locks out many veterans who decide later that they want to share their benefits.
• The bill removes the rule that holds both the veteran and the family member jointly responsible for overpayments. Under current law, if the government accidentally pays too much in education benefits, both the service member and the student can be forced to pay the money back. This change would end that shared liability.
• These changes would give military families much more flexibility in planning for education. Veterans who have children after leaving service, or whose kids are too young to think about college during their service years, would no longer miss the window to share their earned benefits.