Archive for 'GI Bill Information'
Save Money this Holiday and Win a Free Gift For Your Children
Posted on Dec 18, 2009.
This year has been tough on everyone. In order to ensure the Christmas spirit numerous sites are offering giveaways to help veterans save money during the expensive holiday season. One specific contest that I have found is on the K-12 Directory of Schools. They are hosting their first official giveaway contest, in which you [...]
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Preparing Your Post 9/11 GI Bill for Spring 2010
Posted on Nov 24, 2009.
Spring 2010 is just around the corner! Need help with your Post 9/11 GI Bill? The best first step–and one you’re probably following if you’re here–is trying to keep up with the latest Post 9/11 GI Bill news from November forward. By staying up-to-date, you’re sure to remain informed on how your veterans educational benefits are working for you in Spring 2010.
Veterans Benefits GI Bill has followed the VA website changes, emergency funds, and other last-minute fixes to the new GI Bill conundrum for the past several months. Some of the news, unfortunately, has been bad news–like banks turning military members with emergency checks away, or at best, telling them to delay–but then there’s also the promise if a better semester coming this Spring thanks to the automated system being built for the VA’s website. No more applications-in-the-slush-pile, waiting to be done by hand!
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Legislation May Extend GI Bill to National Guard
Posted on Nov 18, 2009.
Think the government’s turned its back on the Post 9/11 GI Bill? That the new GI Bill’s been left to fend for the wolves? Think again! While there are still several military members that are [quite unbelievably] waiting for their Post 9/11 GI Bill benefits, there are members that are pushing to refine the new GI Bill and make it more attractive for the military members of future semesters. And here’s one of them.
New bipartisan legislation was introduced on September 10 that would push 30,000+ National Guard members into Post 9/11 GI Bill qualification status. This legislation is thanked to Iowa representative Dave Loebsack and includes National Guard members that are called to active duty in order to support our homeland security.
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Department of Veteran Affairs Site Update
Posted on Nov 12, 2009.
For active duty, reserve, and veteran college students (and military spouses and dependents) that are either trying to get their Fall 2009 semester Post 9/11 GI Bill benefits, or look into the upcoming Spring 2010 semester’s Post 9/11 GI Bill benefits, I have some good news: the U.S. Department of Veteran Affair’s website’s updated. It [...]
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WI GI Bill and Post 9/11 GI Bill
Posted on Oct 27, 2009.
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Dr. Pat from the blog Veterans on Campus mentioned back in May ‘09 that the Wisconsin GI Bill–a state-funded military financial aid program in WI–would force students to switch to the Post 9/11 GI Bill. The WI GI Bill grants a tuition waiver, but the student must provide documentation that he or she applied for the Post 9/11 GI Bill in order to qualify; if they were accepted, they must switch from Chapter 1606/MGIB to Chapter 30, and if they were declined, they may continue using Chapter 1606/MGIB.
This throws a monkey wrench into the issue of whether the MGIB or the Post 9/11 GI Bill is more beneficial for Wisconsin college students. The effect was only proposed back when Dr. Pat blogged about it in May, but has officially been approved to go into effect in Spring 2010.
Wisconsin military students will now have to decide whether to switch to the Post 9/11 GI Bill or not based on different factors:
- Whether or not they receive more money from the Post 9/11 GI Bill (Chapter 30) and the tuition waver from the WI GI Bill, or
- They receive more funds from the Montgomery GI Bill (Chapter 1606)