MTSA welcomes active-duty military service members, veterans, military spouses and family members. Students who anticipate using Military/Veterans Education Benefits while in attendance at MTSA must notify the School Certifying Official in the Office of Financial Aid by emailing finaid@mtsa.edu. Once accepted to MTSA, Students should submit a copy of the Certificate of Eligibility and DD214 (for service member) to begin the process.
- If the student has made arrangements to use VA Assistance, it is the students responsibility to report to the School’s Certifying Official (finaid@mtsa.edu) any adjustments in his/her enrollment.
- If VA funds were requested to cover the Student’s expenses and the school’s fees were less than what the VA funded, MTSA will directly reimburse the VA.
- Any veteran placed on any type of probation and is not successfully removed from probationary status in the stated probationary time, will lose VA benefits.
- Any veteran who has lost VA benefits due to their probation status must reapply through the VA and receive VA approval to reobtain benefits.
VA Education Benefits
(Under the Veterans Benefits and Transition Act of 2018)
MTSA permits any covered individual (an individual who is entitled to educational assistance under chapter 31, Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment, or chapter 33, Post 9/11 GI Bill benefits) to attend or participate in the course of education during the period beginning on the date on which the individual provides to the educational institution a certificate of eligibility for entitlement to educational assistance under chapter 31 or 33 (a “certificate of eligibility” can also include a “Statement of Benefits” obtained from the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) website- eBenefits, or a VAF 28-1905 form for chapter 31 authorization purposes) and ending on the earlier of the following dates:
- The date on which payment from VA is made to the institution, or
- 90 days after the date the institution certified tuition and fees following the receipt of the certificate of eligibility.
MTSA will not impose any penalty, including the assessment of late fees, the denial of access to classes, libraries, or other institutional facilities, or the requirement that a covered individual borrow additional funds, on any covered individual because of the individual’s inability to meet his or her financial obligations to the institution due to the delayed disbursement funding from VA under chapter 31 or 33.
Covered individuals:
- must accurately and completely fill out the VA application and submit to the VA Regional Processing Office, also mailing them copies of buy-ups or kickers contracts, DD214, NOBE forms, signature pages and other important documents for your education claim, before classes begin at MTSA.
- must submit a Certificate of Eligibility and the DD214 (service members) to the MTSA Financial Aid Office in order to process benefits.
- must electronically verify their attendance with the VA each semester.
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