In accordance with Title 38 US Code 3679(c), this educational institution adopts the following additional provisions for any students using U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Post-9/11 GI Bill® (Ch. 33) or Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment (Ch. 31) benefits, while payment to the institution is pending from VA. This educational institution will not:
- Prevent the student’s enrollment;
- Assess a late penalty fee to the student;
- Require the student to secure alternative or additional funding;
- Deny the student access to any resources (access to classes, libraries, or other institutional facilities) available to other students who have satisfied their tuition and fee bills to the institution.
However, to qualify for this provision, such students may be required to:
- Produce the VA Certification of Eligibility (COE) by the first day of class;
- Provide a written request to be certified;
- Provide additional information needed to properly certify the enrollment as described in other institutional policies
“GI Bill® is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (VA). More information about education benefits offered by the VA is available at the official U.S. government website at http://www.benefits.va.gov/gibill.”
VA Distance Education
Non-College Degree (NCD) programs are not approved for online training and are only approved for resident training. These residential training programs have only been eligible to receive benefits for distance learning because of the temporary protection provided by legislation through June 1, 2022.
Accordingly, after June 1, 2022, these GI Bill benefits will no longer be authorized. From June 2, 2022, (the day after the COVID-19 covered period expires), until June 30, 2022, the student will remain eligible to receive GI Bill benefits (tuition and fee payments as well as MHA payments) for the converted course if such training is still offered by the school via the unapproved modality. In such cases, the student must return to resident training for GI Bill benefits to continue after June 30. If the student continues with distance learning after benefits are no longer authorized in a program not approved to receive GI Bill benefits for distance learning, GI Bill benefit payments will be terminated, and a tuition and fee debt may be created.
Importantly, the student must have already begun training on or before June 1, 2022, for this protection to apply. Enrollments for training beginning after June 1, 2022, will not be afforded these protections.