NEW GI Bill
This is the link to the entire 42 page PDF about the entire program all you need to know.
RELEASED TODAY
Tuesday,
March 31, 2009
Part III
Department of
Veterans Affairs
38 CFR Part 21
Post-9/11 GI Bill; Final Rule
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38 CFR Part 21
RIN 2900–AN10
Post-9/11 GI Bill
AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.
ACTION: Final rule.
SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA) is issuing this final rule to
establish regulations regarding a new
educational assistance program for
individuals who serve on active duty
after September 10, 2001. The new
program, known as the Post-9/11 GI Bill,
was authorized by title V of the
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008
(Post-9/11 Veterans Educational
Assistance Act of 2008). This final
regulation includes the rules necessary
to implement the provisions of the Post-
9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance
Act of 2008 that govern the Post-9/11 GI
Bill.
DATES: Effective Date: This final rule
will become effective on August 1, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brandye R. Terrell, Regulation
Development Team Leader, Education
Service, Department of Veterans Affairs
(225C), 810 Vermont Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20420. Telephone:
(202) 461–9822. (This is not a toll-free
number.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a
document published in the Federal
Register on December 23, 2008 (73 FR
78876), VA published a proposal to
establish VA regulations to implement
the provisions of the Post-9/11 Veterans
Educational Assistance Act of 2008 that
govern the Post-9/11 GI Bill. Interested
persons were invited to submit written
comments on or before January 22,
2009. We received comments from 38
organizations and 8 individuals. We
have made several changes based on
these comments.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Published in the Federal register today the NEW GI Bill
