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DEL.ICIO.USHouse endorses HERO scholarships for spouses
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A bill that would provide scholarships to surviving spouses of Georgia National Guard soldiers or reservists killed in combat unanimously passed the House Tuesday.
House Bill 131 would provide $2,000 a year for up to four years to spouses wanting to attend college. It now goes to the Senate.
The legislation would expand the HERO scholarship, which currently covers only children of soldiers.
Earlier this month, Coweta County Solicitor Robert Stokely, whose son, Michael, was killed in Iraq in 2005, told the House Higher Education Committee the legislation would help spouses rebuild their lives.
“We shouldn’t let that hope and promise for a better future die with that soldier,” Stokely said.
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