1. UNCLASSIFIED 1 Army National Guard Education Update PRESENTED BY SFC Donald Sutton

2. UNCLASSIFIED Agenda GI Bill Program Management GI Bill Program Stakeholders GI Bill Certification Process Database Flow Chart Current Issues Combining Benefits / Federal Tuition Assistance 2

3. UNCLASSIFIED GI Bill Program Management Title 38 Programs (Eligibility Determined & Managed by VA) – Chapter 30 (Includes College Fund / Kicker) – Chapter 33 (Kicker Program not being Used) Title 10 Programs (Eligibility Determined & Managed by DoD) – Chapter 1606 (Includes SR Kicker) – Chapter 1607 3

4. UNCLASSIFIED GI Bill Program Stakeholders Service Member Service Component Education Staff School Certifying Official VA Regional Processing Office (RPO) claims processors 4

5. UNCLASSIFIED GI Bill Certification Process 5

6. UNCLASSIFIED ARNG Database Flow Chart SIDPERSTAPDB-G TAPDB-R RCCPDSDEERS DMDC & TEB DVA GIMS ReserveComponents Other Active Components 6

7. UNCLASSIFIED Current Issues DoDI 1322.17 MGIB-SR Title 10 Section 12301(h) – House Resolution (HR) 1141 Federal Tuition Assistance 7

8. UNCLASSIFIED Combining Benefits Soldiers have access to various Education Benefits – GI Bill Programs – Federal Tuition Assistance (Title 10 Section 2007) – State Tuition Assistance – Student Loan Repayment Program – Pell Grants / Student Loans – Scholarships ect… All available programs should be compared to determine which program is best… – Counselors are available to assist students! 8

9. UNCLASSIFIED Federal Tuition Assistance FTA used by:160616073033Kicker M-DAY (Drilling SM) NO* YES YES* AGRSuspended CHOOSE 1 Only Up To The Cost of Course YES / Top-Up Only Up To The Cost of Course YES / Similar to Top-Up Only Up To The Cost of Course Suspended MIL-TECHNO* Yes Suspended Dedicated Guard Scholarship TerminatedSuspended / Depends / Has Soldier received over 3400.00 every year? YESSuspended GRFD Scholarship Yes / Depends / “See Above” YESYes 9

10. UNCLASSIFIED Contact Information General VA Information: 1-888-442-4551 (1-888-GIBILL-1) VA Web Site WWW.GIBILL.VA.GOV Army National Guard GI Bill Support Team 1-866-628-5999 10

11. UNCLASSIFIED Questions 11