 Office of Veterans
Affairs
The Office of Veterans Affairs, C-107,
provides a full range of counseling
services for the veteran population. The
Veterans Coordinator provides
information regarding all of the
benefits available to students and
assists with any other problems
encountered while attending the college.
The programs available to veterans are:
Veterans Tutorial Benefits: To
be eligible for tutorial benefits,
veterans must be receiving monthly
benefits on at least a half-time basis.
A veteran is entitled to 12 months of
tutorial benefits to a maximum of $
100.00 per month.
Veterans Work-Study: Veterans
must be receiving full-time benefits to
be eligible to work up to 750 hours per
year. The hourly rate is $5.15.
Placements are in areas which directly
affect the student population.
Vocational Rehabilitation: This
is available to veterans who have at
least a 20% disability rating from the
Veterans Administration and includes
payment for tuition, fees, and a monthly
stipend. Full-time and part-time veteran
students are eligible.
Benefits for Dependents of
Veterans: There are numerous
programs available to dependents of
disabled veterans. For more information
about these programs, please visit the
Office of Veterans Affairs.
Veterans
Administration Educational Benefits
Montgomery G.I. Bill-Active Duty
(Chapter 30)
Application Procedure: Application forms are
available at all VA offices, the Office of
Veteran Affairs on campus in C-107, active duty stations and
American embassies.
Eligibility Requirements: Individuals
entering military service on or after
July 1, 1985 have their basic military
pay reduced by $ 100.00 a month for the
first 12 months of their service, in
order to be eligible for this
educational assistance program.
Individuals eligible for the Old G.I.
Bill (Chapter 34) as of December 31,
1989, who meet certain eligibility
criteria may also be eligible but do not
have their basic pay reduced. Persons
who, after December 31, 1976, received
commissions as officers from service
academies (e.g., West Point, the Naval
Academy, etc.) or ROTC scholarship
programs are not eligible for this
program.
Entitlement/Monthly
Rates:
Active duty for 3 years or 2 years
active duty plus 4 years in the Selected
Reserved or National Guard entities an
individual to $528.00 a month basic
benefits for 36 months or the equivalent
in part-time training. If an
individual's initial obligated period of
active duty is less than 3 years which
is not followed by service in the
Selected Reserve, the basic educational
assistance benefit is $429.00 monthly
for 36 months (or the equivalent in
part-time training). There is also a
targeted, discretionary kicker of up to
an additional $400.00 available to
persons whose skills are critical to the
military (e.g. Army College Fund, Navy
Sea College Fund programs).
Montgomery
G.l. Bill-Selected Reserve
(Chapter 1606, Title 10, U.S. Code)
Chapter 1606 of title 10, U.S.C.,
Educational Assistance for Members of
the Selected Reserve, is also referred
to as the Montgomery G.I. Bill-Selected
Reserve. Since July 1, 1985, DVA has
held benefit payment responsibility,
although the funding of educational
assistance payments under this program
is provided by the Department of
Defense.
Monthly Rates: The rates of
educational assistance allowance payable
under Chapter 106 for pursuit of a
program of education are:
$288.00 per month for full-time
pursuit,
$216.00 per month for three-quarter
time pursuit,
$137.00 per month for half-time
pursuit.
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