The Post-9/11 GI Bill®:

The Post-9/11 GI Bill® provides financial support for education and housing to individuals with at least 90 days of aggregate service on or after September 11, 2001, or individuals discharged with a service-connected disability after 30 days. This benefit provides up to 36 months of education benefits, generally benefits are payable for 15 years following your release from active duty.

The Post-9/11 GI Bill® includes graduate and undergraduate degrees, vocational/technical training, on-the-job training, flight training, correspondence training, licensing and national testing programs, entrepreneurship training, and tutorial assistance. All training programs must be approved for GI Bill® benefits.

Qualifications

Veteran must have at least 90 days aggregate service on or after September 11, 2001 or;
Individuals discharged with a service-connected disability after 30 days; and
Must have received an honorable discharge.

What the Post-9/11 GI Bill® may include:

Your full tuition & fees directly to the school for all public school in-state students. For those attending a private or foreign school, tuition & fees are capped at the national maximum rate of $18,077.50.

If you are attending a private Institution of Higher Learning in TX, AZ, MI, NH, NY, PA, or SC, you may be eligible for a higher tuition reimbursement rate.
A Monthly Housing Allowance (MHA). MHA is generally the same as the Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) for an E-5 with dependents. Remember to drop the pay grade down to E-5. One half of the BAH national average is given for students training solely by distance learning and the MHA is not payable to individuals on active duty or those enrolled at half the time or less;
An annual books and supplies stipend;
A one-time rural benefit payment.
Break (or interval pay) will no longer be payable under Post-9/11 GI Bill® except during periods your school is closed as a result of an Executive Order of the President or an emergency (such as natural disaster or strike). For example, if your Fall term ends on December 15th and your Spring term begins January 10th, your January housing allowance will cover 15 days in December and your February housing allowance will cover 21 days in January.

Veteran Applying for Post-9/11 GI Bill® Benefits

On-line Application:

Go to the VONAPP Veterans Application website to submit your application. You will need to create a login and password in order to complete this process.

You may be asked to provide some additional forms if you apply on-line. If you have access to a scanner, you can scan these forms and submit them on-line.

If you have trouble with the application process, you can call a VA Education Case Manager (1-888-GIBill1) to ask for help.

Paper Application:

You can submit a paper application called Form 22-1990 . Once this is filled you need to mail it to:

VA Regional Processing Office

PO Box 8888

Muskogee, OK

74402-8888

You will need to send the application (Form 22-1990) along with a copy of your Certificate of Release of Discharge from the service (DD form 214).

Once you have submitted your application either online or by mail, four things will happen:

The Regional Processing Office will process the application and determine your eligibility. If you are certain of your eligibility, do not delay in enrolling in classes;
You will need to go to your certifying official at your school to have your enrollment certified;
The tuition and fees will be paid directly to the school;
Other benefits that you receive, like a monthly housing allowance, books & supplies stipend, or rural benefit payment, will be paid directly to you through direct deposit to your bank account.

Veteran transferring benefits to Spouse/Child

You are eligible to transfer benefits under the Post-9/11 GI Bill® if you meet one or more of the following program start date requirements:

You are a member of the Armed Forces (active duty or Selected Reserve, officer or enlisted) and were in the service on 1 August 2009 or joined after that date;
You are a uniformed service member of the Public Health Service (PHS) and were in the service on 1 August 2011 or joined after that date;
You are a uniformed service member of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and were in the service on 1 September 2011 or joined after that date.

If you meet one of the above program start date requirements, you must also meet one or more of the following requirements:

You have at least six years of service on the date you elect to transfer the Post-9/11 GI Bill® program and agree to serve an additional four years from that date;
You have at least ten cumulative years of service (active duty and/or Selected Reserve) on the date of election, are precluded by standard policy (service or DOD) or statute from committing to four additional years and agree to service for the maximum amount of time allowed by policy or statute;
You have become or will become retirement eligible during the period from 1 August 2009 through 31 July 2012 and agree to serve an additional period of service as outlined in sub-paragraphs (a) through (d) below. A service member is considered to be retirement eligible if he or she has completed 20 years of active Federal service or 20 qualifying years as computed pursuant to section 12732 of title 10 U.S.C Requirement #3 and its associated sub-paragraphs (a) through (d) will no longer be in effect on 1 August 2013. On or after that date, all service members must comply with requirement 1 or 2 above.
1. For individuals eligible for retirement on 1 August 2009, no additional service is required;
2. For individuals eligible for retirement on or after 1 August 2009, and before 1 August 2010, 1 year of additional service is required;
3. For individuals eligible for retirement on or after 1 August 2010, and before 1 August 2011, 2 years of additional service is required;
4. For individuals eligible for retirement on or after 1 August 2011, and before 1 August 2012, 3 years of additional service is required.

Spouse/Child Qualifications

Post-9/11 Benefits may be transferred by the individual's service member to:

The service member's spouse
One or more of the service member's children
Any combination of the spouse and children
- Children must be enrolled in DEERS to receive benefits. Children prior to the age of 21 are eligible to receive benefits as are children who are 21 or 22 years old and enrolled in a full-time course of education.
- Children age 21 or 22 years old, who are attending school less than full time, or enrolled in on-the-job training, apprenticeships or non-college degree programs, may still be eligible to receive transferred benefits though TEB may display them as ineligible.
- Children may not use the benefit after age 26. The new TYA program does not extend the age by which the benefit must be transferred. Additional questions and answers can be found on milConnect under the Education Tab.

Apply to transfer to Spouse/Child

The Department of Defense determines whether or not you can transfer benefits to your family members. To apply to transfer your benefits please visit: https://www.dmdc.osd.mil/milconnect/public/faq/Education_Benefits-How_to_Transfer_Benefits

Upon approval, family member may apply to use the transferred benefits with the VA by competing VA Form 22-1990e. VA form 22-1990e should only be completed, and submitted to VA by the family member after DOD has approved the request to transfer the education benefits. Do not use VA Form 22-1990e to apply for TEB.

Students who have certain physical disabilities may receive assistance for college expenses through the Vocational Rehabilitation Division of the State Board for Vocational Education. For information and application for assistance, students should contact the Texas Rehabilitation Commission.

Texas State - Rehabilitation Commission- District Office is a business providing services in the field of Rehabilitation Services. Vocational Rehabilitation Assistance

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