The Post - 9/11 GI Bill® is a new education benefit program for individuals who served on active duty on or after September 11, 2001. You may receive benefits for any approved program offered by a school in the United States that is authorized to grant an associate (or higher) degree.

36 months entitlement

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The MGIB-AD program provides education benefits to Veterans and Servicemembers who have at least two years of active duty.

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The Montgomery GI Bill - Selected Reserve is an education program that provides up to 36 months of education benefits to members of the Selected Reserve.  An eligible reservist may get education benefits while in a program approved for VA training. This includes the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Reserves, as well as the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard.  It is the first program that doesn't require a person to serve on active duty in the regular Armed Forces to qualify.

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REAP (Chapter 1607 of title 10, U.S. Code) is a new education program that provides up to 36 months of education benefits to members of the Selected Reserves, Individual Ready Reserve (IRR), and National Guard, who are called or ordered to active service in response to a war or national emergency, as declared by the President or Congress.

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The VR&E Program program assists Veterans with service-connected disabilities to prepare for, find, and keep suitable jobs. For Veterans with service-connected disabilities (rated at 10% or greater) so severe that they cannot immediately consider work, VR&E offers services to improve their ability to successfully complete their educational goals to obtain suitable employment.

48 months entitlement

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Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance Program (DEA) provides education and training opportunities to eligible dependents of certain veterans who:

• are permanently and totally disabled due to a service-related condition
• are hospitalized or receiving outpatient medical care, services, or treatment; and are likely to be discharged or released from service for this service-connected disability,
• are missing in action or captured in line of duty by a hostile force.
• died while on active duty or as a result of a service related condition

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Tuition Assistance is a program that provides financial assistance for voluntary off-duty civilian education programs in support of a miltiary members professional and personal self-development goals.  

Service members need to first check with an education counselor for the specifics involving TA by visiting their local installation education office or by going online to a virtual education center. Additionally, each service branch has its own application form and procedures. To find out how to get started, visit your local installation education center, go online to a virtual education center or click on the following links for each service branch:

Army
Marine Corps
Navy
Air Force
Prior to your course enrollment, you may be required to develop an education plan or complete TA orientation. Be sure to keep the following important information in mind when you apply:

Military tuition assistance may only be used to pursue degree programs at colleges and universities in the United States that are regionally or nationally accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the U.S Department of Education. A quick way to check the accreditation of a school is by visiting the Department of Education.

Your service’s education center must approve your military tuition assistance before you enroll in a course.

Pasadena City College refrains from providing any commission. bonus, or other incentive payment based directly or indirectly on securing enrollment or federal financial aid (including Tuition Assistance funds) to any prsonor entitie engaged in any student recruiting, admissions activities, or making decisions reguarding the award of student financial assistance.

Our institution refrains from high-pressure recruitment tactics such as making multiple unsolicited contacts (3 or more), including contacts by phone, email, or in-person, and engaging in same-day recruitment and registration for the purpose of securing Service member enrollment.

Pasadena City College will provide management controls statements and will disclose the rate in the event the Cohort Default Rate rises above the national average.

The return of unearned military TA funds will follow the same guidelines as the Department of Education Title IV funding, outlined in PCC’s refund policy. The calculation is completed for each course individually. Once the completion (earned) percentage is calculated, the college will multiply the percentage by the amount of TA funds awarded to determine the amount of TA funds earned. The unearned TA funds will be returned to the military service, not to the service member, within 45 days of the determination of withdrawal.