Enrollment Information Forum
about your benefits.
Things you need to know and
things to be aware of!
 Certificate Of Eligibility
 Enrollment Certification Form
 Entitlement Time “Why is it important to know your exact
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days left”
BAH Allowance/Book Stipend
Extra Aid (Federal, State and UCA) and Scholarships
Tutor Assistance
Work Study
 Your certificate of eligibility is very important, to you
and your SCO. WHY???
 It tells you…
 How much entitlement time remaining
 How long you are eligible for benefits
 How much book stipend and BAH allowance you
should receive
 Most importantly your SCO cannot certify you for
any additional semesters without a COE on file.
 Is completed in the SCO office for the following
reasons…
 Gives the SCO permission to certify you for your
Military benefits
 Gives you an opportunity to change your address
information
 Tool used to collect/correct information for the SCO to
enter to ensure you get benefits
 Needed for VA file AUDIT
 Enrollment form should be completed as soon as you
have registered for classes and know that your schedule
is complete, with no possible changes.
 Veterans must know
 Veterans that have not exceeded 48 months, but have
relinquished any previous program to use the Post 9/11 chapter
33. Will be able to use their last remaining days to cover a full
semester.
 Example: 8 days left after Fall Semester 2012 can be used to
fully cover Spring 2013. (However it is very important that the
veteran contact VA 1-888-442-4551 to make sure YOUR time
remaining is eligible to cover that semester.)
 Your SCO cannot make you eligible for remaining time to cover
a semester…
 Dependents
 No matter whether you are Chapter 33 or 35, you must keep
track of your time. When you exhaust all time or have a few
days left that is IT…
 VA will prorate time remaining for book stipend, BAH
Allowance and Tuition and Fees. You will be responsible for
the remaining semester cost.
 Dependents can also call VA in order to maybe negotiate an
extension of benefits, if you do not ask you will not receive.
YEAR
2013
2013
2014
2014
2015
2015
2016
2016
2017
2017
2018
Semester
Spring
Fall
Spring
Fall
Spring
Fall
Spring
Fall
Spring
Fall
Spring
Entitlements
36.0
32.8
29.5
26.3
23.1
19.8
16.6
13.4
10.1
6.9
3.7
days/sem
3.23
3.24
3.23
3.24
3.23
3.24
3.23
3.24
3.23
3.24
3.23
remaining
32.8
29.5
26.3
23.1
19.8
16.6
13.4
10.1
6.9
3.7
0.4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
3
3 34
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
0 30
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
3
3
0 31
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
0 30
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
13
13
12
3 125
credits
HIST 1320
ART 2300
ECON 2310
ACCT 2310
ACCT 2311
ACCT 2321
MGMT 3340 MGMT 4347 BIOL 1400
SPCH 1300 MIS 2343
PSYC 1300
ENGL 2305 MATH 1395 ECON 2320
ECON 2321
FINA 3330
MGMT 3344 MGMT 4348 WRTG 1320 UNIV 1330
classes
WRTG 1310 MATH 1390 MGMT 3382 MGMT 3300 MGMT 3365 MGMT 3346 MKTG 3350 CHEM 1400
H ED 1320
RELG 1320
MGMT 2301 MKTG 3372
PHIL 2325
PSCI 1330
MGMT 4390 MGMT 3375 MGMT 4341 QMTH 2330 MIS 3321
UNIV 1340
YEAR
2013
2013
2013
2014
2014
2014
2015
2015
2015
Semester
Spring
Sum
Fall
Spring
Sum
Fall
Spring
Sum
Fall
2016 2016
Spring
Entitlemen
ts
36.0
32.8
30.0
26.7
23.5
20.6
17.4
14.1
11.3
days/sem
3.23
2.80
3.24
3.23
2.90
3.24
3.23
2.80
3.24
remaining
32.8
30.0
26.7
23.5
20.6
17.4
14.1
11.3
8.1
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
28
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
27
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
3
28
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
27
3
3
3
3
15
15
15
15
credits
3
15
HIST 1320
12
12
classes
WRTG 1310
MATH
1390
13
13
FINA 3330 MGMT 3344 MGMT 4348 WRTG 1320
MGMT 3382 MGMT 3300 MGMT 3365 MGMT 3346 MKTG 3350 CHEM 1400 H ED 1320
RELG 1319 PHIL 2324
PSCI 1329
UNIV 1330
UNIV 1340
MGMT 4390 MGMT 3375 MGMT 4341 QMTH 2329
SPCH 1300
MIS 2343
MKTG 3371
4.9 1.6
3.24 3.23
4.9
1.6
15
ART 2300 ECON 2310 ACCT 2310 ACCT 2311 ACCT 2321 MGMT 3340 MGMT 4347 BIOL 1400
PSYC 1300 ENGL 2305 MATH 1395 ECON 2320 ECON 2321
8.1
MIS 3320 MGMT 2300
0
0
125
 Your BAH Is determined by several factors
 Area code of your school or institution determines max monthly amount.
(E-5 with dependents)
 Veterans Active duty time determines what percentage amount of the max
you will receive monthly.
 Your scheduled attendance will determine what portion of the max amount
you get monthly,
 Full time 12 hrs for undergrad or 9 hrs. for Grad’s
 ¾ is 9 hrs. for undergrad or >6 and < 9 hrs. for Grad’s
 ½ is 6 hrs. for undergrad or 5 for Grad’s
 Less than half time you will not receive BAH
 A yearly books and supplies stipend of up to $1000 paid
proportionately based on enrollment. Which is equal to
24 credit hours in a year. 1000/24=$41.67 per hr.
 Aid or assistance that is not designated for the sole
purpose of reducing a student’s tuition and fee cost should
be deducted from the net in-state charges reported to VA.
 A scholarship this is general in nature and may be used to
defray school costs such as food, housing, books, etc.
Since it’s not “specifically designated for the sole purpose
of defraying tuition and fees,“ it is not deducted from the
charges submitted to VA.
Title IV (ex. Pell Grant) . 2,500
Ark Lottery Scholrship
2,500
Aid Total
$5,000
Tuition/Fee cost 15hrs -$4,000
1,000 (Excessive aid refund)
4,000 (VA sent T/F Charges)
$5,000 (Total refund to student if not living on Campus or has no
additional unpaid school costs)
Tuition/Fee cost 15hrs
$4,000
Transfer Scholarship T/F only -2,500
New Tuition/Fee Cost
($1,500)
Ark Lottery Scholrship
2,500
1,000 (Excessive aid refund)
1,500 (VA sent T/F Charges)
$2,500 (Total refund to student if not living on Campus or has no
additional unpaid school costs)
• Tutorial assistance helps the student pay for necessary tutoring.
• Tutorial assistance is available if you are receiving VA educational assistance
• at the half-time or greater rate and
• have a deficiency in a subject making tutoring necessary.
Overview
• The monthly rate of tutorial assistance may not exceed the cost of tutoring or $100.
The maximum amount payable is $1200.
• There is no entitlement charge for the first $600 under the Montgomery GI Bill
(Chapters 30 or 1606),
• There is no entitlement charge under the Port-9/11 GI Bill or DEA.
Eligibility
• All of the following criteria must be met for a student to be eligible for tutorial
assistance.
• The student must be in a post secondary program ½-time or more. For Chapter 33,
rate of pursuit must be “at least 50%.”
• The student must have a deficiency in a course that is part of his or her approved
program.
• The student must be enrolled in the course during the quarter, semester, or term in
which the tutoring is received for the course. Tutoring may not occur between
quarters or semesters.
How Much May I Earn?
•
You’ll earn an hourly wage equal to the Federal minimum wage or your State
minimum wage, whichever is greater.
• After you’ve completed the hours covered by your first payment, VA will pay
you each time you complete 50 hours of service.
• You may work during or between periods of enrollment. You can arrange with
VA to work any number of hours you want during your enrollment. But, the
total number of hours you work can’t be more than 25 times the number of
weeks in your enrollment period. 25 hours x 16 weeks (semester)=400 hours
• I will need a schedule of your availability and a resume of your work history.
You can fill out the application with me in the office if you are interested
The website that we use to hire our veterans (www.usajobs.gov.)
How the VA is always looking to hire qualified applicants. We
have some intern positions coming available that will be posted
on this website. If anyone is interested in job opportunities and
need help maneuvering through the site, or have questions about
which forms need to be uploaded then they can call me @ 501257-1775 or email Shavon.Doyle@va.gov and I will be happy to
assist.
Just because we work in support of a hospital does not mean that
all of our positions are focused on health care professionals.
Disabled veterans and war time veterans receive extra points
towards their overall score (for rating purposes). We have a few
different hiring authorities. If they would like to know if they
qualify for any of the non competitive appointments then they
can just call me with their DD214 in hand and give me their dates
and I will let them know how much of a preference that they
have.