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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Courtesy of Sara Appel, Program Manager at the Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#C00000"><a href="https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mhec.org%2F&data=02%7C01%7CElisa.Jaden%40SREB.org%7C6f7788d66e8b47e06f9308d80d341d94%7Ceb20950b168c497a98452b099844f3ef%7C0%7C0%7C637273864779868967&sdata=Wgqkun5AEjH9SG7Bj7%2FyRVwCxmk%2Buv7G9SinBxqOo%2Fc%3D&reserved=0"><span style="color:#C00000">MHEC.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Good afternoon S-SARA Members and Guests,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Below is a message from the VA regarding military-connected students’ ability to complete their programs if an institution closes temporarily or permanently. Sara Appel of MHEC shared this information
as it not only relates to brick-and-mortar institutions, but it is also for those institutions that offer only on-line programs (i.e. the connection with SARA). Please feel free to forward this information to your institutions so they can share it with their
students.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dear GI Bill® Student,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">With the enactment of the
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Student Veteran Coronavirus Response Act of 2020</span></em>, (Public Law 116-140) the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has been granted the authority to extend eligibility periods (i.e. delimiting dates)
for students who had been pursuing a course or program of education and received GI Bill education benefits when their school temporarily closed/temporarily suspended a program of education on or after March 1, 2020.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This letter informs you Public Law 116-140, section 6, authorizes VA to extend the eligibility period if the beneficiary is prevented from pursuing a chosen program of
education before the expiration of such period for using entitlement because an education institution closed (temporarily or permanently)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This section applies to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Montgomery GI Bill-Active Duty (chapter 30)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-bottom:5.25pt;line-height:200%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Montgomery GI Bill-Selected Reserves (chapter 1606)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-bottom:5.25pt;line-height:200%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dependents’ Education Assistance for children (chapter 35)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-bottom:5.25pt;line-height:200%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Post 9/11 GI Bill (including those recipients of the Fry Scholarship)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-bottom:5.25pt;line-height:200%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Post 9/11 GI Bill Transfer of Entitlement Spouses and Children<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Specifically, Public Law 116-140 authorizes VA to extend the 10-year eligibility period for MGIB and the 15-year eligibility period for Post-9/11 GI Bill beneficiaries
who meet the following criteria may apply for the extension:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Had an interruption in training due to COVID-19;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-bottom:5.25pt;line-height:200%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Had not reached their delimiting date prior to the interruption; AND<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-bottom:5.25pt;line-height:200%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Experienced a closing (temporary or permanent) of their educational institution or<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-bottom:5.25pt;line-height:200%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Experienced a temporary suspension of a program<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">In order to apply for this extension</span></u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">, you must submit a request
to VA. The request doesn’t require a particular VA form, but the beneficiary’s signed statement should include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A statement indicating, it was due to COVID-19<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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