The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 or G.I. Bill was passed by the Roosevelt administration in order to make sure that the returning service men would not face the same injustices and hardships WWI veterans had suffered when they returned from the conflict.
Some of its most famous benefits did indeed include financial assistance for educational purposes including tuition, vocational training, and living expenses during such education/training. About 8 million WWII veterans took advantage of this program to successfully enroll and complete education of training and over two million used these benefits to get a high school or university education.