The federal government shutdown has frozen some tuition assistance for active duty military students, making it harder for them to pay for college. The impact of the shutdown is playing out across New Hampshire’s colleges in different ways.

Federal GI Bill benefits, which are available to soldiers and their dependents and cover school costs beyond tuition, remain in place. But the tuition assistance program for active duty students is temporarily frozen.

There are 40 students at University of New Hampshire campuses who pay at least some of their tuition with the assistance program. The university puts the assistance, which can be as much as $4,500 a year per student, toward their tuition.

With that money frozen, active-duty students are unable to take fall classes that start Monday unle

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