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Vets' "Overpaid": Illinois State Vets Scholarship Bungle

By VVAW

The Illinois State Legislature, between fist fights and drunken brawls, managed to discover that veterans across the state who were receiving the Illinois veterans scholarship had been "overpaid" for the spring quarter. In reality, the state had screwed up on the budget and allocated no money for the vets.

To offset this injustice the State decided that the vets had to pay back the money, or at least a substantial amount. If they don't they won't be allowed to register for the fall (for which money has been appropriated); neither will they be allowed to get their transcripts to transfer to another school.