The Gold Star Siblings Educational Benefits Act expands educational benefits to siblings of certain veterans who died or were disabled in service. Currently, the Department of Veterans Affairs provides education assistance to spouses and children of qualifying veterans, but this bill adds siblings to the eligible beneficiaries across three major VA educational programs: the Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance Program, the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship, and the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program. For siblings using transferred benefits under the Post-9/11 program, the bill establishes eligibility through age 26 and includes provisions for siblings serving as primary caregivers to injured service members and veterans to extend their eligibility period. The bill does not specify dedicated funding amounts, as it modifies existing VA educational programs to include a new category of beneficiaries.
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