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Chapter 30 - Montgomery GI Bill - Active Duty (MGIB) in honor of one of its chief proponents, former U.S. Representative Gillespie V. Montgomery of Mississippi. It is a "buy in" program; active duty members pay $100 into the program monthly for 12 months; when they use the benefits, they receive as of 2005 $1034 monthly for a maximum of 36 months of education benefits. This benefit may be used for degree and certificate programs, flight training, apprenticeship/on-the-job training and correspondence courses. If the veteran is enrolled full-time. Part-time veteran students receive less, but for a proportionately longer period. Veterans from the reserve have different eligibility requirements and different rules on receiving benefits. MGIB may also be used while active, but as each service has additional educational benefit programs for active duty members most delay using MGIB benefits until after separation, discharge or retirement.
Time Limit / Eligibility
MGIB benefits may be used up to 10 years from the date of last discharge or release from active duty. The 10-year period can be extended by the amount of time a service member was prevented from training during that period because of a disability or because he/she was held by a foreign government or power.
The 10-year period can also be extended if one reenters active duty for 90 days or more after becoming eligible. The extension ends 10 years from the date of separation from the later period. Periods of active duty of less than 90 days qualify for extensions only if one was separated for one of the following:
- A service-connected disability
- A medical condition existing before active duty
- Hardship, or
- A reduction in force.
For those eligible based on two years of active duty and four years in the Selected Reserve, they have 10 years from their release from active duty, or 10 years from the completion of the four-year Selected Reserve obligation to use MGIB benefits.
Educational
- College, Business
- Technical or Vocational Courses
- Correspondence Courses
- Apprenticeship/Job Training
- Flight Training
Under this bill, benefits may be used to pursue an undergraduate or graduate degree at a college or university, a cooperative training program, or an accredited independent study program leading to a degree.
Information
Forms
- DD Form 2366 This Edition is June 2002
- DD Form 2366 This Edition is April 2000
- VA Form 22-1990 (Application for VA Education Benefits)
- VA form 22-1995 (Request for Change of Program or Place of Training)
Links
Education in the United States | United States federal education legislation
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