MILITARY Education and Training BENEFITS:
Are you a service member or a vet preparing for life after the military, or a military family member looking for a career you can take from base to base? Cosmetology is a great Career opportunity to provide services to your comrades.
East Texas Cosmetology College will help you navigate the process you must go online to the veteran website and apply for your benefits first and bring your certificate of eligibility to our facility to be able to submit your enrollment within 30 days of the date of occurrence verification to the VA.
More information about education benefits offered by VA is available at the official U.S. government Web site at https://www.benefits.va.gov/gibill.
For example, the post-9/11 GI Bill provides financial support for educational and housing expenses to individuals with at least 90 days of
aggregate service after September 10, 2001, or individuals discharged with a
service-connected disability after 30 days. You must have received an honorable discharge to be eligible for the post-9/11 GI Bill.
If you are the spouse or child of a service member, you may be eligible for transfer of the service member’s post-9/11 GI Bill benefits to you.
‘GI Bill is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
About GI Bill benefits:
GI Bill benefits help you pay for college, graduate school, and training programs. Since 1944, the GI Bill has helped qualifying Veterans and their family members get money to cover all or some of the costs for school or training.
If you applied for and were awarded post-9/11 GI Bill education benefits, your GI Bill Statement of Benefits will show you how much of your benefits you’ve used and how much you have left to use. Review your GI Bill Statement of Benefits
The GI Bill Comparison Tool and Veterans Service Organizations can help you explore options and find out what benefits you can get. (Telephone:1-888-442-4551)
Veterans or children of Veterans must maintain 80% or above in the GPA average and complete all required responsibilities with the state and college.
VA eligible students, the attendance policy may not miss more than 20% of the total program and or be absent five (5) consecutive days will apply throughout the students stay in the school. All violations of attendance policy will be reported to the DVA on VA form 22-1999b within 30 days of the date of occurrence.