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On April 14, 2022, Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) Education Service (EDU) leadership hosted its first ever GI Bill® Summit, connecting virtually with GI Bill students and the Veteran community to provide updates on Digital GI Bill modernization efforts and answer GI Bill questions submitted on RallyPoint.
The GI Bill Summit was hosted on VA’s Post-9/11 GI Bill Facebook page and featured:
» Opening remarks from EDU Acting Executive Director Mary Glenn
» Question and Answer session with EDU leadership
» Facebook Live chat interaction, answering education benefits questions on the spot
» Showcases of various VA education programs including VRRAP and VET TEC
» Spotlights of Veterans Claims Examiners and a School Certifying Official
In case you missed it, you can watch the recording of the 2022 GI Bill Summit here:
In addition, VA’s Digital GI Bill team hosted a usability testing session with over 600 School Certifying Officials to test out new functionalities being developed to support the Digital GI Bill modernization effort. These new features are focused on making a better experience for Veterans, Service members, their families, and the school administrators and VA staff who support them.
Over the past few weeks, VA answered more than 250 education benefits questions submitted to the 2022 GI Bill Summit: RallyPoint Q&A. Topics included monthly enrollment verification requirements, Monthly Housing Allowance (MHA), transfer of entitlement, expiring COVID-19 protections of benefits, and more.
On behalf of the VA EDU leadership, we thank you for your engagement and participation in the GI Bill Summit. Your questions and feedback are invaluable as we work to improve your education benefits experience, and we look forward to continuing these types of conversations with you in the future.
If you have any additional questions, please utilize the GI Bill hotline at 888-GIBILL- [login to see] ) between 7 a.m. - 6 p.m. Central Time, Monday-Friday. For students outside the U.S., call 00 [login to see] . You can also ask us a question via Ask VA (https://ask.va.gov) or reach out to us through our Post- 9/11 GI Bill Facebook page (https://rly.pt/346jg4T).
The GI Bill Summit was hosted on VA’s Post-9/11 GI Bill Facebook page and featured:
» Opening remarks from EDU Acting Executive Director Mary Glenn
» Question and Answer session with EDU leadership
» Facebook Live chat interaction, answering education benefits questions on the spot
» Showcases of various VA education programs including VRRAP and VET TEC
» Spotlights of Veterans Claims Examiners and a School Certifying Official
In case you missed it, you can watch the recording of the 2022 GI Bill Summit here:
In addition, VA’s Digital GI Bill team hosted a usability testing session with over 600 School Certifying Officials to test out new functionalities being developed to support the Digital GI Bill modernization effort. These new features are focused on making a better experience for Veterans, Service members, their families, and the school administrators and VA staff who support them.
Over the past few weeks, VA answered more than 250 education benefits questions submitted to the 2022 GI Bill Summit: RallyPoint Q&A. Topics included monthly enrollment verification requirements, Monthly Housing Allowance (MHA), transfer of entitlement, expiring COVID-19 protections of benefits, and more.
On behalf of the VA EDU leadership, we thank you for your engagement and participation in the GI Bill Summit. Your questions and feedback are invaluable as we work to improve your education benefits experience, and we look forward to continuing these types of conversations with you in the future.
If you have any additional questions, please utilize the GI Bill hotline at 888-GIBILL- [login to see] ) between 7 a.m. - 6 p.m. Central Time, Monday-Friday. For students outside the U.S., call 00 [login to see] . You can also ask us a question via Ask VA (https://ask.va.gov) or reach out to us through our Post- 9/11 GI Bill Facebook page (https://rly.pt/346jg4T).
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Hi! I graduated in 2015 from ITT Technical Institute right before they closed permanently. I was using my post 9/11 benefits. Since other students are getting their loans discharged, does this mean we can get that money back in post 9/11 GI bill credit? This is particularly a question for students like me who have exhausted their benefits. Thanks!
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
If you attended a school that was closed or disapproved between January 1, 2015, and August 16, 2017, then you may also qualify for full restoration benefits, as long as you were a student at the time of closure or suspension, and you did not yet transfer any credits to another school.
If you feel you are eligible for restoration of benefits, you can apply online anytime by using our "Education Benefit Entitlement Restoration Request Due to School Closure or Withdrawal" form. Learn more here: https://www.benefits.va.gov/gibill/fgib/restoration.asp. Check out VBA EDU leadership discussing this topic at the 2022 GI Bill Summit: https://youtu.be/0E5tw0zd4DY?t=579.
If you feel you are eligible for restoration of benefits, you can apply online anytime by using our "Education Benefit Entitlement Restoration Request Due to School Closure or Withdrawal" form. Learn more here: https://www.benefits.va.gov/gibill/fgib/restoration.asp. Check out VBA EDU leadership discussing this topic at the 2022 GI Bill Summit: https://youtu.be/0E5tw0zd4DY?t=579.
What are the changes FTNG T32 503f active duty term of more than 6 + consecutive tours?
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Thank you for your question! To find out if you are eligible for GI Bill benefits and to apply, please visit our website https://www.va.gov/education/about-gi-bill-benefits/. We also encourage you to take a look at the GI Bill Comparison Tool, at https://www.va.gov/education/gi-bill-comparison-tool/, to learn about and compare your GI Bill benefits at approved schools, employers, and VET TEC providers.
My school closed down in March 2019. 6 mths before I was due to graduate.
Why is there a policy regarding this very issue for only 2015-2017? Will that policy be changed so that everyone else that’s affected by this or has been affected by this is not left out to hang dry? Will there be a better option for veterans out in place?
We earned our benefits and we should be protected against situations like this but we are not.
Why is there a policy regarding this very issue for only 2015-2017? Will that policy be changed so that everyone else that’s affected by this or has been affected by this is not left out to hang dry? Will there be a better option for veterans out in place?
We earned our benefits and we should be protected against situations like this but we are not.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Thank you for your question. VA is committed to listening to your feedback and improving the education benefits experience for our Veterans. If you attended a school that was closed or disapproved between August 16, 2017, and August 1, 2021, you may be eligible to have GI Bill benefits restored for the term, quarter, or semester in which you were enrolled when it closed or was disapproved. You would have to be a current student and have not transferred any credits in order to get that semester’s worth of benefits restored. If you feel you are eligible for restoration of benefits, you can apply online anytime by using our "Education Benefit Entitlement Restoration Request Due to School Closure or Withdrawal" form. Learn more here: https://www.benefits.va.gov/gibill/fgib/restoration.asp. Check out VBA EDU leadership discussing this topic at the 2022 GI Bill Summit: https://youtu.be/0E5tw0zd4DY?t=579.
I have divided up my educational benefits between 3 children; therefore, the 36 total months of benefits won’t complete their degree plan at a 4 yr University. My understanding is that a new change in law requires universities to charge only the in-state rate to students using Post 9/11 benefits upon exhaustion of their allocation of benefits. Can you confirm if this is true, especially as it relates to The University of South Carolina (Columbia main campus).
MSG Alan Purdie
There has been no recent change to Post 9/11 GI Bill benefits - the recent change requires public schools to provide in-state tuition to those using DEA CH 35. But each state is allowed to set their own residency laws for their public schools.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
By law Institutions of Higher Learning (IHLs) are required to charge in-state tuition to individuals using transferred benefits who lives in the state where the IHL is located (regardless of his/her formal state of residence). See section 1005 of the Isakson and Roe Act: https://benefits.va.gov/gibill/isaksonroe/summaries.asp. If eligible, your children may be able to use the Yellow Ribbon program which can help you pay for higher out-of-state, private school, foreign school, or graduate school tuition and fees that the Post-9/11 GI Bill doesn’t cover: https://www.va.gov/education/about-gi-bill-benefits/post-9-11/yellow-ribbon-program/.
I am writing about the Post 911 GI Bill and monthly housing allowance (MHA). I am going to school where there are trimesters. Inside those trimesters they also have an 8-week A and 8-week B. I was originally signed up for spring semester 2022 for 11 credits the entire term. The school moved my 5-credit class to the 8-week course of the term. I had that 5-credit course in 8 weeks. I don’t see why I should be penalized by not getting the full benefits for the entire 4 months just because I had to get it done in 8 weeks. For the spring term, my semester credit total is 11 credits, and it shouldn’t matter that I didn’t get to have the other 8 weeks to do it. (It is meant to be a 16-week session. So basically by my school putting all 5 credits in an 8-week course, I lose out on my MHA benefits for the 2 months.
MSG Alan Purdie
The law requires schools to report by Terms within a Semester - not total enrollment by Semester - VA is required to pay per those terms not total enrollment by semester.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Your enrollment certification, as submitted by your school, determines whether you are considered a full or part time student, during the time that you are taking classes. By law, Monthly Housing Allowance is authorized for the days you attended class during your scheduled term. VA is not authorized to pay benefits while a student is not attending school or training. We appreciate the feedback and will continue to listen to concerns in order to make Veterans’ experiences better. Visit our website to learn more: https://www.benefits.va.gov/GIBILL/resources/benefits_resources/rates/ch33/ch33rates080121.as
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/07/13/court-ruling-may-let-veterans-access-both-montgomery-and-post-9-11-gi-bill-benefits.html
A little misleading, you direct questions in RP to the "Splashthat" weblink which redirects you here.
Question: What is the VA doing to extend benefits for 12 months due to this court ruling as soon below, capping the max benefit at 48 months.
That's my question.
A little misleading, you direct questions in RP to the "Splashthat" weblink which redirects you here.
Question: What is the VA doing to extend benefits for 12 months due to this court ruling as soon below, capping the max benefit at 48 months.
That's my question.
Court Ruling May Let Veterans Access Both Montgomery and Post-9/11 GI Bill Benefits
An appeals court sustained a previous ruling that said an Army officer could receive the maximum amount of benefits from both programs, capped at 48 months.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Thank you for your question. This case is still going through the court system and VA cannot comment further on it at this time.
As a reservist who has went on a deployment for 208 days and other AT orders. Will the post 911 cover all tuition and housing so that I can go to school full time and quite my job? And will I still be able to use that benefit when my reserve military contract is up?
MSG Alan Purdie
You need to submit an application online at VA.gov - VA will review your periods of qualifying active duty and send you a Certificate of Eligibility letter that will inform you what percentage your active duty time qualifies you for. For 100% of the Post 9/11 GI Bill, you must serve a total of 36 months of active duty. Yes you will be able to use the Post 9/11 GI Bill after you finish your reserve contract.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Thank you for your question! To find out if you are eligible for GI Bill benefits and to apply, please visit our website https://www.va.gov/education/about-gi-bill-benefits/. We also encourage you to take a look at the GI Bill Comparison Tool, at https://www.va.gov/education/gi-bill-comparison-tool/, to learn about and compare your GI Bill benefits at approved schools and programs. If you find out you are not eligible for GI Bill benefits, you may still be eligible to apply for Veteran Rapid Retraining Assistance Program (VRRAP), which offers education and training for high-demand jobs to Veterans who are unemployed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more here: https://www.va.gov/education/other-va-education-benefits/veteran-rapid-retraining-assistance/. Check out our VRRAP spotlight at the 2022 GI Bill Summit: https://youtu.be/0E5tw0zd4DY?t=677
Hello, I went through a nasty divorce a few years ago and lost about $18k in education benefits. $12k of that included my overdue pandemic stimulus and was seized by the VA this year when I filed my taxes. Is there any recourse for someone like me to try and recoup lost funds due to extreme emotional distress or life events that take them out of school? My family and I are on our last legs and only continue to exist because of the kindness of others.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Thank you for your question. While we are unable to provide a response for this hardship case in this forum, we encourage you to contact Education Call Center (ECC) Monday - Friday, 7am to 6pm CT, at [login to see] for further assistance.
Spouse was approved/granted for Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship near end of GI Bill while working toward B.S. in IT, he immediately tried to roll into that scholarship to pay was told his cutoff date (15 yrs) to use his GI Bill had lapsed and the scholarship couldn’t be used. Have to write Congress rep on this one- no luck VA Reps; ridiculous! The scholarship states it allows up to 9 mos. Extra to “extend their Post-9/11 GI Bill.”
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
If you disagree with a decision that VA has made concerning your benefits, you have the right to request an appeal: https://www.va.gov/decision-reviews/#:~:text=If%20you%20disagree%20with%20a,can%20try%20another%20eligible%20option.
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