If you are requesting VA benefits, you must confirm your intent to receive benefits by completing the appropriate certification form each semester.

You are paid VA benefits based on your training time and the number of hours for which you are certified.

Fall, Spring & Summer Semesters

Full-time:12 or more hours
Three-quarter time: 9 to 11 hours
Half-time: 6 to 8 hours
Less than half time: 5 or less hours

Enrollment Verification/Certification Form

Complete this form found under the Financial Aid tab and the Veterans tab. Upload a copy of your Certificate of Eligibility every semester.

Monthly Verification

Veterans, Reservists, and Guardsmen who receive VA educational benefits under Chapter 30 (Montgomery G.I. Bill - Active Duty) and Chapter 1606 (Montgomery GI Bill - Selective Reserve) must verify class attendance on or after the last day of the month.

You may verify by phone (1-877-823-2378) or via the web at www.gibill.va.gov

Failure to verify class attendance could result in non-receipt of VA educational benefits for the month. Benefits may be delayed in those months with federal holidays.

Benefit Restrictions

For you to receive educational benefits, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs requires that a student "be making satisfactory academic progress towards your goal" (e.g., courses must apply toward degree in which you are enrolled). Failure to adhere to this regulation may result in a decrease of the amount or the loss of VA benefits.

For each enrollment period, you must submit a completed request for enrollment form

The BRCC Certifying Official is obligated by the VA to closely monitor your academic performance and to provide your enrollment information (e.g., dropping below full-time enrollment) to the Department of Veterans Affairs. Although not all-inclusive, some of the primary reasons for this required reporting are to adjust the amount of VA educational payment benefits:

  1. a) based on your current enrollment status,
    b) based on the number of courses that apply toward your degree,
    c) based on the number courses that apply toward your degree as a result changing majors at BRCC
    d) based on the number of transferable courses that apply toward a degree because of transferring to BRCC from an accredited college or university.

Although not all-inclusive, some of the basic ways to ensure that you receive your benefits in a timely manner are:

  1. a) to submit your request for enrollment, form each enrollment period.
    b) forecast your intent to enroll in future enrollment periods,
    c) remain enrolled in required courses for which you register, and
    d) earn grades in each course that indicate Baton Rouge Community College and VA satisfactory progress toward your degree.

After you have enrolled during an enrollment period as a full-time, three-quarter time, half-time, less than half-time, or tuition-only student, you want to avoid an Overpayment of Benefits for which you are responsible to repay the VA.

To avoid such overpayments, always report any action you take that affects your class enrollment (e.g., dropping courses, resigning from the College) to BRCC’s Office of Veteran Affairs.