"A month and a half after the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs released its final rules for the Post-9/11 GI Bill, California's private colleges still aren't sure how much money their student veterans will be eligible to receive," The Chronicle of Higher Education reports. "Under the bill, which Congress signed into law last year, the federal government will pay the veterans' tuition and mandatory fees, up to the cost of the most expensive public college in the state where the veteran wants to study. It will also match, dollar for dollar, contributions institutions make to help veterans cover the extra costs associated with attending a private or out-of-state college or a graduate program. Here's the problem: California doesn't call its charges for in-state residents 'tuition'; the state constitution forbids it. So when the Veterans Affairs Department asked states to report their highest public-college tuition and fees, the California State Approving Agency for Veterans Education accurately reported zero."