The Reserve Educational Assistance Program (REAP) was an education program for American students that was established as a part of the Ronald W. Reagan
National Defense Authorization Act
The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is the name for each of a series of United States federal laws specifying the annual budget and expenditures of the U.S. Department of Defense. The first NDAA was passed in 1961. The U.S. Congress o ...
for Fiscal Year 2005.
REAP was a
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* Department of Defence (Australia)
* Department of National Defence (Canada)
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* Department of National Defense (Philipp ...
education benefit program designed to provide educational assistance to members of the Reserve components called or ordered to
active duty
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India
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in response to a war or national emergency (
contingency operation) as declared by the
US President
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or the
US Congress
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. This program made certain
reservists
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who were activated for at least 90 days after September 11, 2001 were either eligible for education benefits or eligible for increased benefits.
Chapter 1607 was sunset on November 25, 2019.
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G.I. Bill
The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill, was a law that provided a range of benefits for some of the returning World War II veterans (commonly referred to as G.I.s). The original G.I. Bill expired in 1956, bu ...
References
External links
*http://www.gibill.va.gov/
REAP Questions and Answers
Higher education in the United States
History of veterans' affairs in the United States
United States federal education legislation
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