Hi, I was just told that Navy spouses(not sure about others) could use up to 50% of their military spouses GI bill. I only heard this from one person and was curious if anyone else had heard it. They said it was announced today. If this is true, anyone interested should check on it. If anyone knows, let me know, thanks. I just thought I would put the word out? I don't know if it is true or not.

df says yes, but I'm not sure. Never heard of it before. Sureis something we are going to look into!

Well, the girl that told me is an actual Navy personnel herself. So, I assume what says is true, she emailed me to just let me know, and I am newly friends with her and was hoping this was true, there are so many spouses out there that are SAHM that really want to go to school. And it would be nice.

That is such an amazing thing- i really hope its true. If it is- then its about time!!!! lol u think this would have been implemented sooner.

Virginia Governor Signs Military-Family Friendly Legislation into Law: On Monday June 19, Governor Timothy M. Kaine (D) signed several bills to help military families. Noting that Virginia is home to 122,000 active duty military personnel and almost 750,000 veterans and their families, Governor Kaine said: "These are our family, friends, neighbors, customers, and co-workers. We salute their service, and look for opportunities like today to thank them for their serviceand to tangibly demonstrate that we are sensitive to the challenges that their military service can present for their families."
The bills signed Monday were:
House Bill 695 and Senate Bill 121, which provide in-state tuition rates for dependents of military personnel stationed in the Commonwealth. These bills, which were recommended by the Virginia Military Advisory Council and supported by NMFA, could potentially benefit an estimated 3,500 students.
House Bill 240, which allows the children of active-duty military members who are ordered to relocate to a new school district to continue attending the school they attended immediately prior to the relocation, tuition free. The sponsor of both House Bill 695 and 240 was Delegate Terri Suit (R-81st), a military spouse.
House Bill 628 and Senate Bill 139, which create the Virginia Military Family Relief Fund to provide financial assistance to the families of Guard and Reserve members who are deployed. At present, 22 other states have established similar funds to provide financial assistance to the families of Guard and Reserve members. These bills were recommendations of the Virginia Citizen-Soldier Support Council. In addition, all Virginians will soon have the opportunity to contribute to the Fund through a check off on their income tax forms.
House Bill 1413, which codifies the movement of the state Department of Veterans Services to the Public Safety secretariat.
Senate Bill 359 and House Bill 1465, which allow the Commonwealth to accept property donated for the purpose of constructing a new veterans cemetery in Southwest Virginia in the Dublin area.
Senate Bill 617, which establishes the "Support Our Troops" license plate. Support Our Troops, Inc. expects to have these license plates available in at least 30 states by the end of this summer. Support Our Troops, Inc. is a national non-profit organization which raises funds to provide financial assistance to soldiers' survivors and families to meet medical or household expenses.
NMFA thanks the Members of the Virginia General Assembly and Governor Kaine for their support of military families this session. (Source: http://www.wvec.com/news/military/stories/wvec_military_061906_kaine_military_bills.a08a7b42.html)

This is the information I found with just a 5 minute search.

Question:
Are Military Spouses eligible for any Military Education Benefits?

Answer:
Yes - but it depends. There are several Military Education Benefits available to dependents. For example family members are eligible to use the benefits of the Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges (SOC) Program.

SOC member schools understand the hardships military (family) students face due to frequent transfers, so they have designed credit transfer practices that minimize loss of credit and avoid duplication of course work, and they award credit for tests such as CLEP, ECE, and DSST national testing programs.

In addition each service or designated service aid organization, offers family members special education benefits like tuition assistance, grants, and loans. These benefits are often specific to your current Permanent Duty Station or other criteria.

Visit our Military Family Education Assistance page to get more details on the many programs offered to military family members.

Don't forget to check out Military/Veteran Family Scholarships. Thousands of scholarships specifically designed for military family members go unused each year. The free Military.com Scholarship Finder service will help you locate the scholarships that best fits their needs.

In Addition the VA also has a program for Survivor and Dependent Education Assistance (DEA) that provides education and training opportunities to eligible dependents of veterans who are permanently and totally disabled due to a service-related condition, or who died while on active duty or as a result of a service related condition.

The program offers up to 45 months of education benefits. These benefits may be used for degree and certificate programs, apprenticeship, and on-the-job training. If you are a spouse, you may take a correspondence course. Remedial, deficiency, and refresher courses may be approved under certain circumstances.

Contact the VA at 1-888-GIBILL-1 for more information about the DEA program.

Question:
Can I transfer my GI Bill benefit to a family member?
Answer:
Yes - But like the first answer - it depends. Here is what the VA has to say:

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002, added the feature of transferability to the Montgomery GI Bill-Active Duty (MGIB) allowing servicemembers to transfer their benefit to one or more of their dependents. However, each military service has sole discretion to determine if that service will offer the transferability of entitlement option.

To be eligible, individuals must meet the following criteria plus any additional requirements the service may add.

To qualify the servicemember must be on Active Duty and meet the following criteria:

Completed six years of service in the Armed Forces;
Either have a critical military skill designated by the appropriate Secretary for purposes of transferability OR is in a military specialty designated by the appropriate Secretary for purposes of transferability as required AND
Enter into an agreement to serve at least four more years as a member of the Armed Forces.
In Plain Language
A servicemember must have served at least 6 years, be willing to re-enlist in a critical rating or MOS for a minimum of 4 years, and meet any other criteria added by the specific service branch. To date this program has been available to a very select few.

http://education.military.com/money-for-school/get-answers-on-family-education-benefits

Yep, I read what Brook posted a while back. You have to QUALIFY to use your spouse's GI Bill. BUT- did you know that NMCR offers a Spouse TAP? just go on their site to read up on it. ;) I sent the link to my BIL for his wife.
http://www.nmcrs.org/education.html