FAST FACTS ON VA EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS

AT MENDOCINO COLLEGE

·          Apply to Mendocino College at www. Mendocino.edu

·          Apply online @ http://www.gibill.va.gov/GI_Bill_Info/How_to_Apply.htm BEFORE your meeting with the VA Certifying Official – VCO - please call 468-3101 to schedule an appointment.

·          The VA Educational Plan is created during your 1^st contact with the VCO and will list courses and/or areas that can be certified for VA pay.

·          To receive pay for the month, veterans must verify enrollment on the last working day of the month at the web site above or 888 # below.

·          Each semester:

o       follow your VA educational plan;

o       register for your classes;

o       notify the VCO at asimpson@mendocino.edu or 468-3102,

that you have your classes and want them certified.

·          All late start and short term (see dates under course selection) require a separate certification term and will affect your pay.

·          Change of major?  Meet with VCO to

a) Complete required VA form and

b) Receive an updated, new VA Educational Plan to follow.

·          Changed your schedule –added or dropped?  Notify VCO to determine if

a)  it will change your pay.

b)  a class was added, is it on your  VA Educational Plan?  If it is not on the plan, it cannot be certified.

For further information:    

VCO (Anastasia Simpson-Logg), 468-3102

VA, Muskogee, Oklahoma, 1-888-442-4551, www.gibill.va.gov

Created: May 08, 2008 @ 10:38 AM
Last Modified: October 23, 2012 @ 04:36 PM