The White Falcon - 19.11.1976, Page 3

November 19, 1976
Page 3
GI BUI, VEA
More benefits added
APRS programming
The President signed a new law on
Oct. 15, 1976, that increased GI Bill
educational benefits for those who
serve before Dec. 31, 1976, and sets
a deadline of Dec. 31, 1989 for com-
plete use of benefits earned under
the current GI Bill. The new law
also establishes a new participatory
Post-Vietnam Era Veterans Educational
Assistance program (VEA) to begin for
those recruited after Dec. 31 of this
year.
Servicemen and women now on active
duty are still covered and will con-
tinue to accrue the familiar GI Bill
benefits as before. In fact, anyone
recruited before Jan. 1, 1977, will
be able to earn full benefits, and
that includes those enlisted in the
Delayed Entry Program (DEP) before
Dec. 31, 1976 but not coming on ac-
tive duty until 1977.
The bill increases benefits in two
ways for those currently on active
duty, those released within the last
10 years, and those recruited before
Dec. 31. First, it would extend max-
imum benefits from the current 36
months to 45 months, in effect offer-
ing five academic years of education.
Second, it would increase the govern-
ment's monthly payment to GI Bill
students by eight per cent. (See
table for amounts.)
One example of the increase is
that a veteran with a wife and two
children using all 45 months of full
benefits would receive a total of
$18,900.
While phasing out the Vietnam era
GI Bill, the new law also establishes
its successor—the Post-Vietnam Era
Veterans' Educational Assistance Act
(VEA). VEA is a new approach to
veterans educational assistance by
which the service member contributes
to his own future education by allot-
ing between $50 and $75 each month,
with the government matching the
amount 2 for 1. For example, the
member's $50 will be matched with the
government's $100 for a total of $150
per month of education.
Except in certain emergencies, a
member who decides to participate in
this new VEA program must agree to
contribute for 12-month increments.
VEA assistance will be provided for
the same number of months as the mem-
ber contributed up to a maximum of 36
months. A member who decides not to
use his VEA benefits after contribut-
ing will receive his share of the
money back at the end of his enlist-
ment or, if he has already been re-
leased, within 60 days of notifying
the Veterans Administration.
- The Secretary of Defense now has
the additional authority, at his dis-
cretion, to contribute to the VEA
fund of any participant to encourage
the person to enter or remain in the
Armed Forces—a feature clearly ad-
dressed to attracting and retaining
qualified men and women.
The new bill also terminates the
Predischarge Educational Program
(PREP) effective Nov. 1, 1976. No
one now on active duty can be en-
rolled or reenrolled in PREP after
that date. The Department of Defense
is looking into ways to extend in-
service high school completion prog-
rams to cover most of those who would
have used PREP. Future members of
the Armed Forces participating in the
VEA will be able to use PREP but only
during the last six months of their
first enlistment.
The VEA program will be funded for
the first five years by the Veterans
Administration. After that time, VEA
will be reviewed by the President for
his recommendation to make it perma-
nent. Upon favorable recommendation
by the President and unless vetoed by
one house of Congress, VEA will be-
come permanent, but will be part of
the defense budget.
Veterans Administration and de-
fense officials are working on di-
rectives and regulations now to im-
plement the new law. They expect to
have full particulars before the new
Veterans' Educational Assistance
program gets underway in 1977.
VEA is a smaller post-Vietnam edu-
cational program. For Vietnam era
veterans—those currently on active
duty, those released in the last few
years, or those who are recruited
before Dec. 31, 1976—the GI Bill in-
crease in monthly payments and the
extension of eligibility to 45 months
or five full academic years are the
important features.
Column I Column II Column III Column IV Column V
Type of No One Two More than two
program dependents dependent dependents dependents
The amount in
column IV, plus the following for each dependent in excess of two:
Institutional: Full time $292 $347 $396 $24
Three-quarter time 219 260 297 18
Half time 146 174 198 12
Cooperative 235 276 313 18
Historical highlights
* World War II GI Bill
With minor exceptions, this pro-
gram ended July 25, 1956. Educational
benefits consisted of payments by the
government on behalf of a veteran pur-
suing a course of education or train-
ing, for books, tuition and customary
fees not to exceed $500 for an ordi-
ary school year. In addition, a sub-
sistence allowance was paid directly
to the veteran. The period of en-
titlement was determined by length of
service, with a maximum of four years.
*Korean War GI Bill
This program started June 27, 1950,
and ended Jan. 31, 1955 except for
those on active duty whose end date
was postponed until date of the per-
son's first discharge or release from
active duty. In any event, payment
based on Korean Conflict service ter-
minated Jan. 31. 1955. Unlike the WW
II program, the government limited the
benefit to a Stipend paid directly to
the veteran, with the veteran paying
for tuition, books and subsistence.
*Cold War GI Bill
This was the Veteran's Readjust-
ment Benefits Act of 1966 (Public Law
89-358) that accorded one and one-half
montns of educational benefits for ev-
ery month served for a total of 36
months. Again, the government paid
the veteran a stipend and the veteran
paid for tuition, books and subsis-
tence.
As a general rule, an educational
allowance may not be paid beyond a
date 10 years after a veteran's last
discharge or release from active duty
after Jan. 31, 1955.
*Vletnam Era Veteran's Readjustment
Assistance Act of 1974
Public Law 93-508—modified the
Cold War GI Bill by increasing stipend
rates and adding nine more month's
eligibility (total of 45 months) for
those in a program leading to a stan-
dard undergraduate degree. It provid-
ed coverage for the Farm Cooperative
Program and permitted full time ap-
prenticeship and on-the-job training.
Finally, it established PREP, high
school completion and remedial train-
ing to prepare personnel on active
duty with academic deficiencies to use
their GI Bill.
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