Post911GIBill

POST 9-11 GI BILL FLOW CHART CLICK HERE

For the most current information please see the va.gov website located at http://www.gibill.va.gov//

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Who is eligible for benefits under the Post-9/11 GI Bill?

Individuals who serve at least 90 days of aggregate service after September 10, 2001 are eligible.

To be eligible for 100% of the benefit, an individual must have served an aggregate of 36 months of active duty service, or have been discharged for a service-connected disability after 30 days of continuous service. NOTE: Active-duty service time required by graduates of a Service Academy or ROTC does not count toward the three years necessary to qualify for full benefits.

For those who served fewer than 36 months, the percentage of benefit ranges from 40% to 90%:

- 90% - 30 total months (including service on active duty in entry level and skill training)

- 80% - 24 total months (including service on active duty in entry level and skill training)

- 70% - 18 total months (excluding service on active duty in entry level and skill training)

- 60% - 12 total months (excluding service on active duty in entry level and skill training)

- 50% - 6 total months (excluding service on active duty in entry level and skill training)

- 40% - 90 or more days (excluding service on active duty in entry level and skill training).

For example, an individual with five months of qualifying service could receive 40% of the tuition benefit, 40% of the monthly housing allowance, and a maximum of $400 books and supplies stipend.

Veterans must have an honorable discharge or other qualifying discharge (e.g. hardship, condition interfering with duty, etc.) to be eligible.

What benefits do students receive under the Post-9/11 GI Bill?

Depending on each individual’s situation, benefits could include payment of tuition and fees, a monthly housing allowance, a stipend for books and supplies, college fund ("kicker") payments, a rural benefit payment, and a Yellow Ribbon benefit. Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits differ from other education assistance programs in that each type of payment is issued separately, with some payments made directly to the school and others issued to the individual.

Tuition and Fees: These payments are issued to the school on behalf of the individual at the time the certificate of enrollment is processed.

Not on active duty: For individuals not on active duty, the amount is prorated according to length of service. The amount paid is limited to the highest amount of tuition and fees charged for full-time, undergraduate training at a public institution of higher learning in the state where the student is enrolled.

A chart of maximum in-state tuition and fees for 2008-2009 is on the VA GI Bill website at http://www.gibill.va.gov/GI_Bill_Info/CH33/Tuition_and_fees.htm

On active duty: Individuals on active duty may receive the total amount of tuition and fees. The amount is not limited to the state maximum.

Monthly housing allowance: This payment is issued directly to the student at the beginning of each month for education and training pursued the previous month. The amount is prorated based on length of service.

NOTE: Active duty personnel are not eligible for the Post-9/11 GI Bill monthly housing allowance. Students enrolled exclusively in online training are not eligible for the housing allowance. Books and supplies stipend: This payment issued directly to the student when the school certifies and VA processes the enrollment. This benefit is prorated based on length of service.

NOTE: Active duty personnel are not eligible for the Post-9/11 GI Bill books and supplies stipend.

How to Submit a Request to Transfer Benefits to your Spouse or Children

1. Using your CAC card or DFAS pin, log on to the DoD Transferability of Education Benefits (TEB) Web page located at https://www.dmdc.osd.mil/TEB/ ( on an NMCI computer or with a CAC card reader)

2. The family members eligible for benefits under DEERS will be shown. (If a dependent’s name is grayed out or the edit button does not work, it means that the member is not eligible for DEERS benefits and thus is not eligible to receive transferred benefits.)

3. Click the edit button for each family member you want to transfer benefits to. Choose the start date and end date, and number of months of benefit. (Spouses can use for 15 years after the member separates/retires; children can use until their 26^th birthday.)

4. Once you’ve added your family members, check all the boxes to indicate you’ve read and understand each statement on the transfer request page.

5. After you have submitted your request to transfer benefits, in the upper left corner of the TEB site, you will see your name, status submitted, and the date of status will be blank.

6. To track the status of your request, you will have to return to the TEB page and monitor the status.

7. After a request is approved, the status of your request will change to ‘approved’ and the date of status (approval) will be the date you submitted your request. The TEB site will automatically transfer the data to the VA, so that they can process a family member’s request for a certificate of eligibility.

8. Once your request is approved, your family member has to submit a request for a certificate of eligibility to the VA. They should use VA Form 22-1990e, and can do so via the VA Web site: http://vabenefits.vba.va.gov/vonapp/main.asp

9. After receiving the certificate of eligibility from the VA, family members will provide the certificate to the school.

10. If the family member has not received the certificate of eligibility from VA when they enroll in school, they should ask the school veterans certifying official at the school to submit an enrollment certification for the academic term to VA.

11. Tuition funds will be sent direct from the VA to the school. Children using transferred benefits will receive the monthly living stipend and the books and supplies stipend. Spouses using transferred benefits will only receive the monthly living stipend and the books and supplies stipend if they use the benefits after you separate from active duty.