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Eligibility Requirements

Requirements Monthly Benefits For College Or Institutional Training

Benefits Can be Used Toward

Time Limitations

Post-911 G.I. Bill

Benefits are payable for training pursued on or after August 1, 2009.

You may be eligible if you served at least 90 aggregate days on active duty after September 10, 2001, and you are still on active duty or were honorably:
- discharged from the active duty
- released from active duty and placed on the retired list or temporary disability retired list
- released from active duty and transferred to the Fleet Reserve or Fleet Marine Corps Reserve
- released from the active duty for further service in a reserve component of the Armed Forces.

You may also be eligible if you were honorably discharged from active duty for a service-connected disability and you served 30 continuous days after September 10, 2001.

Based on your length of active duty service, you are entitled to a percentage of the following:

- Cost of tuition and fees, not to exceed the most expensive in-state undergraduate tuition at a public institution of higher education (paid to school);
- Monthly housing allowance* equal to the basic allowance for housing payable to a military E-5 with dependents, in the same zip code as your school (paid to you);
- Yearly books and supplies stipend of up to $1000 per year (paid to you);
- A one-time payment of $500 paid to certain individuals relocating from highly rural areas.

*NOTE – The housing allowance and books and supplies stipend are not payable to individuals on active duty. The housing allowance is not payable to those pursuing training at half time or less or to individuals enrolled in distance learning.

You may receive benefits for any approved program offered by a school in the United States that is authorized to grant an associate (or higher) degree.

You may also receive benefits for tutorial assistance or up to $2,000 for the reimbursement of one licensing or certification test.

If you transferred to the Post-9/11 GI Bill from the Montgomery GI Bill – Active Duty, Montgomery GI Bill – Selected Reserves, or the Reserve Education Assistance Program, you may also receive Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits for flight training, apprenticeship or on-the-job training programs, and correspondence courses.

Benefits are available for 15 years following your release from active duty.

Montgomery G.I. Bill - Active Duty (Chapter 30)

To be eligible, you need to have the following:

- Honorable discharge
- High school diploma or GED
- Entered active duty for the first time after June 30, 1985

And one of the following:
- Had military pay reduced by $100 a month for first 12 months
- Continuously served for 3 years, or 2 years if that is what you first enlisted for
- 2 years if you entered the Selected Reserve within a year of leaving active duty and served 4 years ("2 by 4" Program)

    Full Time $1,368
3/4 Time $1026
1/2 Time $684

College / university
Vocational school
Correspondence   courses
Apprenticeships
Job training
Flight training
Licensing and Certification tests
Certain entrance exams

Generally, benefits are available for 10 years following your release from active duty.

Montgomery G.I. Bill - Selected Reserve (Chapter 1606)

You may be eligible if you are a member of one of the following Selected Reserves:

Army Reserve
Navy Reserve
Air Force Reserve
Marine Corps Reserve
Coast Guard Reserve
Army National Guard
Air National Guard

You must also:

- Have a six-year obligation to serve in the Selected Reserve signed after June 30, 1985.

- Meet the requirement to receive a high school diploma or equivalency certificate before completing initial active duty for training (IADT).

- Remain in good standing while serving in an active Selected Reserve unit.

If you are an officer you must have agreed to serve six years in addition to your original obligation.

Full Time - $333
3/4 Time - $249
1/2 Time - $165

Degree programs
Certificate or Correspondence courses
Cooperative training
Independent study programs
Apprenticeship
On-the-job training
Vocational flight training programs
Remedial, refresher and deficiency training are available under certain circumstances

You may be entitled to receive up to 36 months of education benefits.

Your benefit entitlement ends 14 years from the date of your eligibility for the program, or on the day you leave the Selected Reserve.

Reserve Educational Assistance Program (Chapter 1607)

Certain reservists who were activated for at least 90 days after September 11, 2001 are either eligible for education benefits or eligible for increased benefits.

Full Time Consecutive Service of 90 days but less than one year $547.20;Full Time Consecutive Service of One Year+ $820.80; Full Time Consecutive Service of 2+ Years $1094.40

¾ Time Consecutive Service of 90 days but less than one year $410.40; ¾ Time Consecutive Service of One Year+ $615.60; ¾ Time Consecutive Service of 2+ Years $820.80

½ Time  Consecutive Service of 90 days but less than one year $273.60; ½ Time Consecutive Service of One Year+ $410.40; ½ Time Consecutive Service of 2+ Years $547.20

All education programs, with the exception of:

National Examination / Testing Reimbursement

You will receive 36 months of full time entitlement at your given rate. A REAP participant may not use more than 48 months of entitlement under any combination of VA Educational programs.

REAP participants who separated from the Selected Reserve after completing their service contract under other than dishonorable conditions are now eligible for REAP benefits for 10 years after they are separated from the Selected Reserve.

Veterans Education Assistance Program

To be eligible, you must have the following:

- Entered service for the first time between January 1, 1977, and June 30, 1985
- Opened a contribution account before April 1, 1987
- Voluntarily contributed from $25 to $2700
- Completed your first period of service
- Were discharged or released from service under conditions other than dishonorable.

Your contributions are matched on a $2 for $1 basis by the government

Degree
Certificate
Correspondence
Apprenticeship/on-the-job training programs
Vocational flight training programs
In certain circumstances, remedial, deficiency, and refresher training may also be available.

Benefit entitlement is 1 to 36 months depending on the number of monthly contributions.

You have 10 years from your release from active duty to use VEAP benefits.

If there is entitlement not used after the 10-year period, your portion remaining in the fund will be automatically refunded.

Survivor's and Dependent's Educational Assistance Program (Chapter 35)

To be eligible, you must be the son, daughter, or spouse of:

- A veteran who died or is permanently and totally disabled as the result of a service-connected disability. The disability must arise out of active service in the Armed Forces.
- A veteran who died from any cause while such service-connected disability was in existence.
- A service member missing in action or captured in line of duty by a hostile force.
- A service member forcibly detained or interned in line of duty by a foreign government or power
- A service member who is hospitalized or receiving outpatient treatment for a service connected permanent and total disability and is likely to be discharged for that disability.

Full Time $925
3/4 Time $694
1/2 Time $461

Degrees
Certificates
Apprenticeships, and on-the-job training
If you are a spouse, you may take a correspondence course.
Remedial, deficiency, and refresher courses may be approved under certain circumstances.

The program offers up to 45 months of education benefits.

Tuition Assistance "Top Up" (Chapter 30)

The Individual must be:

- Approved for federal Tuition Assistance by a military department
- Eligible for MGIB-Active Duty benefits

The amount of the benefit can be equal to the difference between the total cost of a college course and the amount of Tuition Assistance that is paid by the military for the course.

College / University
Vocational school
Correspondence courses
Apprenticeships
Job training
Flight training
Licensing and certification tests Certain entrance exams

Generally, benefits are available for 10 years following your release from active duty.

Work Study Program

To be eligible, you must:
- Be a full-time or 3/4-time student in a college degree, vocational, or professional program.

The VA work-study allowance is available to persons training under the following programs:
- Montgomery GI Bill--Active Duty (38 U.S.C. Chapter 30)
- Vocational Training and Rehabilitation for Veterans With Service Connected Disabilities (38 U.S.C. Chapter 31)
- Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance Program (38 U.S.C. Chapter 32)
- Dependents' Educational Assistance Program (38 U.S.C. Chapter 35) Montgomery GI Bill--Selected Reserve (10 U.S.C. Chapter 1606)
- Eligible dependents under 38 U.S.C.
- Chapter 35 may use work study only while training in a State

You'll earn an hourly wage equal to the federal minimum wage or your state minimum wage, whichever is greater. If you're in a work-study job at a college or university, your school may pay you the difference between the amount VA pays and the amount the school normally pays other work-study students doing the same job as you.

Services you perform under a VA work-study program must be related to VA work.

Must be in a college or vocational program

Entrepreneurship Training

You may receive reimbursement for approved entrepreneurship courses if you’re eligible for any of these VA Education Programs:
- Montgomery GI Bill – Active Duty
- Montgomery GI Bill - Selected Reserve
- Veterans’ Educational Assistance Program

Dependent upon the program you choose

Any course that qualifies. You may check the qualification at the Small Business Administration.

Dependent upon the program you choose