This bill modifies the Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship, a veterans education benefit. The changes expand eligibility to include veterans pursuing graduate degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields, not just undergraduate degrees. The bill also reduces the required credit hour minimums for scholarship eligibility, lowering one threshold from 60 to 45 credit hours and another from 90 to 67.5 credit hours. Additionally, the legislation prioritizes scholarship awards to veterans who have already used the most months of their education benefits and changes when recipients can access the STEM scholarship, requiring them to exhaust other education benefits first. The bill does not specify new funding amounts or implementation timelines.
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