GI Bill's wording costs California's student vets

The San Francisco Chronicle reports:

After four years in the Marine Corps, Paul Miller was looking forward to going back to school - in his case, to the San Francisco Conservatory of Music to study the clarinet.

He auditioned well and won a scholarship - not enough to cover the full master's program tuition, but student loans covered the rest of his $33,000 tuition last year. He figured the new Post-9/11 GI Bill would replace his need for loans when he begins his second year this fall.

But last week, Miller, 28, learned the amount of his tuition the bill would pay: none.

Miller ran into an anomaly unique to California's university system - a difference in a single word that could cause thousands of California veterans like him to miss out on educational benefits available in every other state.

You'll want to read the difference between fees and tuition.