If you are a veteran or a veteran's dependent, you may be eligible for educational benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs. You should contact your campus Veterans Office each semester to complete the necessary forms to establish and maintain your eligibility for benefits. Full-time educational benefits are available to you if you are registering for and maintaining 12 or more credits in degree program courses. Three-quarter-time benefits are paid for 9 to 11 credits and half-time benefits are paid for 6 to 8 credits per semester. Active duty servicepersons and those registered for less than 6 credits are entitled to tuition reimbursement only. Certificate programs are measured differently for payment. Courses taken through the Extended Learning Institute (ELI) and accelerated courses are also measured differently. Certification for ELI courses will be done when the course is completed. See your campus Veterans Office for details. You may have earned credits at another college, vocational school, or technical school. Credits may have also been earned by taking CLEP, ABLE, DANTES, or USAFI exams. You must insure that an official transcript is sent to the Admissions and Records Office during your first semester of enrollment. You must have your military training evaluated along with your transcripts from non-military schools. DD Form 214s (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) originals or copy #4 should be copied by Admissions and Records for evaluation and returned to you. Generally, repeating courses which have been previously passed will not be certified to the Department of Veterans Affairs for payment.
If you receive educational benefits, you must report your enrollment each semester to the Veterans Office on your home campus. The information will then be certified and reported to the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office. Any changes to your registration must also be reported to the Veterans Office. Changes include: canceled classes, dropped classes, withdrawing from classes, adding classes, or any other type of change that may affect your eligibility to receive benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Excessive absences may result in the dismissal from the course and adjustment of benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Any change in status must be reported to the Department of Veterans Affairs as soon as possible, but no more than 30 days after the change has been officially completed at the College.
Satisfactory Progress Policy for Recipients of Veterans Benefits
To be eligible for veterans educational benefits, you must maintain satisfactory academic progress in accordance with Northern Virginia Community College standards. The following standards must be met:
Regular Credits Minimum Attempted (Grades Cumulative GPA A, B, C, D, F) Requirement 13-23 credits 1.50 24-47 credits 1.75 48 or more credits 2.00
This standard will be applied each term. However, if you do not achieve the above minimum cumulative GPA requirement, but you do achieve a GPA of at least a 2.0 for the term being evaluated, you may be certified for that term as making satisfactory progress.