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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We are happy to share some great news with you regarding the impact of COVID-19 on your school’s Post-9/11 GI Bill students!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">With the passage of H.R.8337 - Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act, the special COVID rules have been extended to December 21, 2021. Among other things, Post 9/11 GI Bill students
who pursue resident courses converted to an online modality solely due to COVID 19 will continue to receive the MHA rate for resident training.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We will provide more information soon via our
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