{"id":68846,"date":"2020-05-04T16:24:29","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T16:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/05\/04\/michigan-copies-gi-bill-benefits-for-civilians-as-calls-increase-for-expanding-the-program-beyond-the-military\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T13:02:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:02:32","slug":"michigan-copies-gi-bill-benefits-for-civilians-as-calls-increase-for-expanding-the-program-beyond-the-military","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/education-transition\/2020\/05\/04\/michigan-copies-gi-bill-benefits-for-civilians-as-calls-increase-for-expanding-the-program-beyond-the-military\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan copies GI Bill benefits for civilians as calls increase for expanding the program beyond the military"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another prominent public policy voice called for an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/education-transition\/2020\/04\/16\/should-gi-bill-benefits-be-extended-to-civilian-medical-workers-fighting-coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\">expansion of the popular GI Bill education program<\/a> beyond military members in light of the recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\">coronavirus outbreak<\/a>, as Michigan leaders have already moved to copy the program for health workers and other frontline responders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last month, political analyst Hugh Hewitt suggested that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/education-transition\/2020\/04\/29\/trump-signs-second-bill-protecting-gi-bill-benefits-amid-coronavirus-outbreak\/\" target=\"_blank\">extending veterans education benefits<\/a> to hospital staffers and other medical personnel facing extreme working conditions would be a way to reward their service, and reported that the idea is \u201con the president\u2019s mind.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Monday, officials from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace said the idea should be used to help encourage more public service needed to stabilize the country in the wake of the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/education-transition\/2020\/04\/16\/should-gi-bill-benefits-be-extended-to-civilian-medical-workers-fighting-coronavirus\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/TA4.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Should GI Bill benefits be extended to civilian medical workers fighting coronavirus?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The White House is reportedly considering the idea as a way to reward medical workers facing dangerous conditions.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe pandemic experience ought to lead to new national service programs, a public-health reserve corps, for example, and a similar disaster-relief initiative to cope with the harsh realities of a changing climate,\u201d wrote William Burns, president of the group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c(Incentives for service) could include an array of educational and economic benefits: greater loan repayment or tuition assistance; GI Bill\u2013like programs, based on the length of committed public service; and ROTC or JROTC-like programs to promote interest in civilian service.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Burns\u2019 commentary comes less than a week after Michigan Gov. 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