{"id":32419,"date":"2012-10-16T13:15:41","date_gmt":"2012-10-16T17:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=32419"},"modified":"2012-10-16T14:26:59","modified_gmt":"2012-10-16T18:26:59","slug":"combat-vet-denied-in-state-tuition-in-nc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=32419","title":{"rendered":"Combat vet denied in-state tuition in NC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hayleigh Perez, 26, was stationed at Fort Bragg when she wasn’t deployed to Iraq. While she and her husband were transferred to Texas, they continued to pay taxes on the Raeford, N.C. house where they’d lived since 2006. Well, when her husband was moved back to Bragg, she decided to apply for colleges after she’d got out of the Army and she was accepted at UNC-Pembroke, but they won’t give her an in-state tuition break because of the brief move to Texas. Did I mention that they still owned and paid taxes on their home in NC? I thought I did. She told Fox News<\/a>;<\/p>\n

“I just figured I could appeal the decision,” Perez said. “I thought it would be easy.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Perez said the appeal process consisted of appearing before a 15-member panel at the school’s vice chancellor\u2019s office, where her request was denied. She said she later learned that the denial was based on the fact that she had not paid income tax in North Carolina in the years in which she was in Iraq and Texas.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe process was demeaning. They [Pembroke] treated me so poorly I felt like I was a criminal on trial,\u201d she said. \u201cThey told me I couldn\u2019t reapply.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But that’s not whole kick-in-the-teeth;<\/p>\n

Adding insult to injury, says [Sgt. Jason Thigpen, founder and president of the Student Veterans Advocacy Group], is the fact the UNC is currently considering granting in-state tuition benefits to illegal immigrants at all 16 of its branches, including Pembroke.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yep, illegal aliens could qualify for in-state tuition, while combat veterans who deploy won’t. That makes perfect sense.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m now attending a private college,” she said, declining to name the school. “I don\u2019t want to be associated with an institution that treats veterans this way.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That’s Pembroke’s loss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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