Anne Arundel: Post 9/11 G.I. Bill goes into effect August 1
Issue date: 8/2/09 Section: Neighborhood
ANNAPOLIS, MD - The landmark Post 9/11 G.I. Bill, considered the most significant piece of higher education legislation for veterans since the original G.I. Bill, goes into effect August 1.
"It is an honor that [the Maryland Higher Education Commission] is not only the state's approving agency for this very valuable program, but that our staff does an outstanding job administering it," Secretary of Higher Education James E. Lyons, Sr., said.
The law is a benefit providing educational assistance to individuals who served on active duty on or after September 11, 2001.
To be eligible for the benefit, military personnel must have served at least 30 days of continuous active duty service after September 10, 2001 and:
1. Be honorably discharged from the Armed Forces;
2. Be released from the Armed Forces with service characterized as honorable and placed on the retired list or temporary disability retired list, or transferred to the Fleet Reserve or the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve;
3. Be released from the Armed Forces with service characterized as honorable for further service in a reserve component; or
4. Be discharged or released from Armed Forces for EPTS (Existed Prior to Service); HDSP (Hardship); CIWD (Condition Interfered with Duty) or continue to be on active duty. Veterans will receive a percentage, as determined by their length of service:
5. Amount of tuition and fees charged.
6. Monthly housing allowance. Yearly books and supplies stipend up to $1,000 per year paid to the veteran.
Eligible veterans may participate in the Post 9-11 Veterans Education Assistance Act of 2008 for 15 years from their last period of active duty service of at least 90 aggregate days. Current service members may transfer their entitlements to dependents if they are members of the Armed Forces on August 1, 2009. On June 23, 2009, new Department of Defense guidelines established the criteria for eligibility and transfer of those education benefits.
For more information call Ted Porter at (410) 260-4532 On the Internet: www.mhec.state.md.us/higherEd/acadAff/VeteransBenefits/index.asp
"It is an honor that [the Maryland Higher Education Commission] is not only the state's approving agency for this very valuable program, but that our staff does an outstanding job administering it," Secretary of Higher Education James E. Lyons, Sr., said.
The law is a benefit providing educational assistance to individuals who served on active duty on or after September 11, 2001.
To be eligible for the benefit, military personnel must have served at least 30 days of continuous active duty service after September 10, 2001 and:
1. Be honorably discharged from the Armed Forces;
2. Be released from the Armed Forces with service characterized as honorable and placed on the retired list or temporary disability retired list, or transferred to the Fleet Reserve or the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve;
3. Be released from the Armed Forces with service characterized as honorable for further service in a reserve component; or
4. Be discharged or released from Armed Forces for EPTS (Existed Prior to Service); HDSP (Hardship); CIWD (Condition Interfered with Duty) or continue to be on active duty. Veterans will receive a percentage, as determined by their length of service:
5. Amount of tuition and fees charged.
6. Monthly housing allowance. Yearly books and supplies stipend up to $1,000 per year paid to the veteran.
Eligible veterans may participate in the Post 9-11 Veterans Education Assistance Act of 2008 for 15 years from their last period of active duty service of at least 90 aggregate days. Current service members may transfer their entitlements to dependents if they are members of the Armed Forces on August 1, 2009. On June 23, 2009, new Department of Defense guidelines established the criteria for eligibility and transfer of those education benefits.
For more information call Ted Porter at (410) 260-4532 On the Internet: www.mhec.state.md.us/higherEd/acadAff/VeteransBenefits/index.asp
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