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All students planning to receive veterans education assistance from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) must provide
enrollment information to the Veterans Certifying Official, 110 Yost Hall, phone 216.368.4311. To be certified for benefits,
veterans must be officially registered for classes. Veterans must notify the University Veterans Certifying Official
immediately when changing hours, grade options, withdrawing from a class, or withdrawing from the University. It is
important to note the following:
- The VA will not pay for repetition of courses previously taken for credit, unless repetition of that particular course
is required for continuation in the approved program. However, the VA will pay for repetition of a course required for
graduation if the course was failed or if a minimum acceptable grade was not achieved.
- Students enrolled in intensive semester programs should be aware that benefits are paid based on actual dates of
enrollment—not on the amount of tuition charged.
- The law requires that the VA must collect all benefits paid to a beneficiary for a course from which the beneficiary
withdraws (this means from the start of the term, not merely from the date the course was dropped) unless there are
mitigating circumstances. Other actions that may result in overpayment include receiving a grade which does not count
toward graduation requirements and failure to have an incomplete grade changed to a grade which counts towards graduation.
The VA will vigorously pursue repayment of these overpayments.
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