Participating Washington community colleges, colleges and universities will waive all or part of tuition and fees for up to 200 quarter credits or the semester equivalent if you are the spouse, surviving spouse or child of a qualifying veteran. The state also provides up to $500 a year toward textbooks and course materials. Children qualify between the ages of 17 and 26. A spouse has 10 years from the date the service member was declared a prisoner of war or missing in action, or from the date the veteran received the VA disability rating. A surviving spouse has 10 years from the date of the veteran’s death and must stay unremarried.
Contact the admissions or veterans office at the Washington school you plan to attend and ask about their tuition waiver for dependents. Each school runs its own program, so nothing is filed with the state.
The veteran’s discharge paperwork and VA rating letter or casualty documentation, proof of your relationship such as a marriage or birth certificate, and proof of Washington residency.
