Nancy Boyda: “I rise today to ask my esteemed colleagues for their enthusiastic support for an amendment that Representative Chet…”

“I rise today to ask my esteemed colleagues for their enthusiastic support for an amendment that Representative Chet Edwards and I are offering. Quite simply, this amendment makes certain that children and dependents of active service duty members can afford higher education. It guarantees in-State tuition for the dependents of military family members, and it ensures that these students may maintain their in-State rates even if a parent or guardian is reassigned out of State. In Kansas, we have always believed that everyone who works hard should have the chance to succeed. Kansans believe that education should open doors, not close them. Education should create opportunities. Requiring military dependents to pay out-of-State tuition leaves military students, the children of our Nation's heroes, sometimes with debt as far as the eye can see. I am proud that my State of Kansas, like many others, extends both benefits to military dependents. But now Congress must act to support servicemembers in all 50 States.”