Additionally, it introduces a cost of living adjustment each year, ensuring that the financial support keeps pace with inflation and the ever increasing costs that our veterans and their families face today. Books and other educational supplies can be a barrier for many students. 2008 was the last time an adjustment was made. Alarmingly, $1,000 in 2008 is equal to $1,450 today. Veterans should not be required to subsidize that additional cost with their limited incomes as the cost of materials rise. (01:34–01:38)
CLAIM
Asserts that the last adjustment to the stipend was made in 2008.
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