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Chapter 30/34 - Montgomery G.I. Bill (Active Duty) |
Establishes a program of education benefits for essentially two groups of categories of individuals based on their active duty service. Individuals entering military service on or after July 1,1985, who have had their basic military pay reduced by $100.00 per month for their first 12 months of their service and received a discharge specified as "HONORABLE" are eligible. Individuals eligible for the old G.I. Bill (Chapter 34) as of December 31, 1989, who meet the certain eligibility requirements, and persons separated from active service with a service connected disability or hardship discharge may be eligible. Participants must have received a high school diploma or its equivalency before or during the qualifying period. The Montgomery G.I. Bill program provides up to 36 months of benefits. Benefits are payable for 10 years following release from active duty. Click here for general information. |
Chapter 31 - Veterans Vocational Rehabilitation Program |
A veteran of W.W.II or thereafter who has a service connected disability which entitles him/her to DVA disability compensation and who is in need of vocational rehabilitation because the disability creates an unemployable handicap may be eligible for Chapter 31 benefits. Professional counselors from the DVA will help you plan an individual program. This includes the services and financial assistance needed to carry out the program. Click here for general information. |
Chapter 35 - Survivors and Dependents Educational Assistance |
Sons, daughters, and spouses of a veteran who dies on active duty, was released from active duty due to a service connected disability, permanently and totally disabled, MIA, POW, or detained by a foreign government while on or in the line of duty, may be eligible for benefits. Generally, the eligibility period for sons and daughters is between the ages of 18 and 26 years of age. A spouse may use educational benefits during a 10 year period after eligibility is found. A surviving spouse may use those benefits during a 10 year period after the veterans death or 10 years after the DVA determines the veterans death was caused by a service connected disability, provided the surviving spouse does not marry.
Public Law 109-461 adds a new group of persons who may be eligible for DEA benefits. Effective December 23, 2006 spouses and children of servicemembers hospitalized, or receiving outpatient care for a VA determined service-connected permanent and total disability may be eligible for DEA benefits |
Chapter 1606 - Montgomery G.I. Bill (Selected Reserve Educational Assistance Program) |
Individuals who have agreed to serve six years in the selected reserve, on or after July 1,1985, re-enlisted or extended an enlistment for a period of at least six years may be eligible. Click here for general information. |
Chapter 1607 - Montgomery G.I. Bill ( Educational Assistance for Reserve Component Members Supporting Contingency Operations and Certain Other Operations) |
A member of the reserve component who serves on active duty on or after September 11, 2001 under title 10, U.S.C., for a contingency operation and who serves at least 90 consecutive days or more is eligible for chapter 1607. National Guard members are also eligible if their active duty is 90 consecutive days or more and their service is :
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Tuition Assistance |
Tuition Assistance is available for active duty Coast Guard and California National Guard personnel. Tuition Assistance covers 75% of the cost of tuition and may be used in conjunction with the Montgomery GI Bill. Coast Guard personnel should contact the Education Officer at their command to begin the application process. If you have questions or need assistance, please call Humboldt State University Veterans Enrollment Services Office or the County Veterans Services Office. For more information on specific State,Veteran, Reservist or National Guard benefits or programs. Click on the following link for more information: Department of Defense Tuition Assistance Program (Top-Up). |
Veterans Educational Assistance Program (VEAP) |
VEAP is available if you first entered active duty between January 1, 1977 and June 30, 1985 and you elected to make contributions from your military pay to participate in this education benefit program. Your contributions are matched on a $2 for $1 basis by the Government. This benefit may be used for degree and certificate programs, flight training, apprenticeship/on-the-job training and correspondence courses. Remedial, deficiency, and refresher courses may be approved under certain circumstances. Click here for more details. |
Summary of Benefits Under the Educational Assistance Test Program |
Section 901 is an Educational Assistance Test Program created by the Department of Defense Authorization Act of 1981 (Public Law 96-342) to encourage enlistment and reenlistment in the Armed Forces. Benefits are available to individuals who entered on active duty after September 30, 1980, and before October 1, 1981 (or before October 1, 1982, if entry was under a delayed enlistment contract signed between September 30, 1980, and October 1, 1981). Click here for more details. |
Last updated June 17, 2008 |