Chapter 30 – Montgomery GI Bill®
- Veterans and service members who have at least 2 years of active duty.
- Eligibility generally expires 10 years after service member’s discharge.
- Must have high school diploma, equivalency certificate, or have completed 12 hours toward college degree prior to applying.
- Maximum number of months veterans can receive payment is 36 at the full-time rate.
Chapter 1606 – Montgomery GI Bill® – Selected Reserve
- Members of reserve elements of Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and Coast Guard, and members of the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard.
- May be entitled to up to 36 months of benefits – generally end the day reservist or National Guard member separates from military
- Eligibility requirements:
- A six-year obligation in the Selected Reserve or National Guard
- Completed initial active duty for training (IADT)
- Have high school diploma or equivalency certificate before completing IADT
- Remaining in good standing in unit
- Reserve component determines eligibility for benefits
Chapter 1607 – REAP (Reserve Educational Assistance Program)
- Members of Reserve components or National Guard ordered to active duty service in response to a war or national emergency as declared by the President or Congress
- Eligibility determined by Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security
- Service member who serves on active duty for a least 90 consecutive days on or after Sept. 11, 2001
- Eligibility generally expires 10 years after separation
Chapter 33 – Post 9/11 GI Bill®
- Education benefits for Service members and Veterans who served on active duty after Sept. 10, 2001
- Must serve at least 90 aggregate days on active duty after Sept. 10, 2001 and remain on active duty or be honorably discharged
- Eligibility expires 15 years from the last period of active duty of at least 90 consecutive days
- Irrevocable election of other education benefits must be made to receive benefits
Chapter 31 – Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&E)
- Provides services to eligible Service members and Veterans with service-connected disabilities
- Veteran must have a VA service-connected disability rated at least 20% with an employment handicap, or rated 10% with a serious employment handicap
- Veteran works with Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor to determine eligibility
- Basic period of eligibility is 12 years
Chapter 35 – Survivors’ & Dependents' Educational Assistance
- Educational Assistance to the spouse or child of a Service member or Veteran
- Who either died of a service-connected disability, or who has permanent and total service-connected disability, or who died while such a disability existed.
- Service member listed for more than 90 days as currently Missing in Action, detained or interned by a foreign government or power, or captured by a hostile force while serving
- Service member is hospitalized or receives outpatient care or treatment for a disability that is determined to be totally and permanently disabling
- Period of eligibility for Veterans’ spouses expires 10 years from either the date of the Veteran’s death or the date they become eligible – Eligibility for spouses of Service members who died on active duty expires 20 years from date of death
- Children generally must be between the ages of 18 and 26 to receive benefits
- Benefits are paid for full-time training up to 45 months or the equivalent in part-time training.
- Educational Assistance to the spouse or child of a Service member or Veteran
