Veterans sue Missouri colleges over financial aid dispute

Missouri veterans have filed a class-action lawsuit against the University of Missouri and other state colleges over how they apply tuition benefits awarded for wartime service.The suit claims a cap on tuition costs for veterans is being sidestepped by the formula used by the schools to strictly apply aid to tuition.The suit argues that negates much of the savings offered by Missouri’s Returning Heroes’ Education Act. The 2008 law caps tuition at $50 per credit hour for

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