The bill contains an emergency clause. No impact on state funds. This bill requires members of the Missouri National Guard to exhaust all available federal Department of Defense educational assistance funds before applying for Missouri National Guard scholarship assistance. The bill also expands the number of educational institutions a member of the National Guard is eligible to attend. No impact on state funds.
Supporters say that state funds are being used before federal funds.
If the state doesn't use the federal funds, it loses them. There was no opposition voiced to the committee. This bill requires members of the Missouri National Guard to exhaust all available federal Department of Defense educational assistance funds before applying for Missouri National Guard scholarship assistance. The bill also expands the number of educational institutions a member of the National Guard is eligible to attend. The bill contains an emergency clause.