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Veterans & Service Members

AACRAO recognizes and honors the sacrifices these men and women have made and its members are proud to assist them and meet their educational needs. Veterans and students on active military duty and their families face special circumstances and challenges.

Changes in federal statute and executive actions have greatly promoted the expansion of services toward veterans and their families. Since the Post-9/11 GI Bill was passed in 2009, close to 1 million veterans, service members, and eligible dependents have taken advantage of the educational benefits available to them. With the passage of more recent legislation, such as the Forever GI Bill in 2017 and the Isakson Roe and THRIVE Acts in 2021, there will be significant changes to military education benefits over the coming years.

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AACRAO recently hosted a webinar to discuss the implementation of veteran legislation passed in December 2020, also known as the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act. This law will have a transformative effect on the mission of Education Service to provide ready access to, and timely and accurate delivery of, education benefits to Veterans, Service members, and their families, as well as further enable the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to empower GI Bill beneficiaries to achieve their vocational and career goals.

Other recent legislation introduced in both the House and Senate include important provisions to help ensure veterans can continue to receive their education benefits as well as technical corrections to the legislation passed last year.

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Reminder: Deadline for Completion of DoD MOU is September 5th

Aug 7, 2014, 16:09 PM
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As of August 6th, only one-third of the institutions that received military Tuition Assistance last year (2013) appear on the Participating List of Institutions that have signed the revised version of the DoD Voluntary Education Partnership Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). In order to continue participating in the DoD Tuition Assistance program after September 5, all institutions must submit and sign an MOU confirming their commitment to the program. For the most current list of participating institutions, visit: www.dodmou.com.

Institutions that plan to participate but have not yet submitted a Department of Defense Verification Application, are encouraged do so as soon as possible to avoid Tuition Assistance problems for servicemembers enrolled this fall. If your institution has already submitted your DoD MOU Verification Application, kindly disregard this message.

Failure to complete all steps in the MOU verification and approval process by September 5th could result in loss of tuition assistance funding for institutions on September 6th. The MOU signing process requires that Department of Defense personnel verify and approve the completed Verification Application before Tuition Assistance will be approved. Currently the application processing, verification, and approval process can take 7-10 days from initial date of application submission.

For more information or assistance, please contact the DoD MOU Team at voledconcerns@navy.mil or 850.452.1111 x3175.

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