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Veterans Educational Assistance
Cleveland State Community College maintains an Office of Veterans Affairs to assist in providing education opportunities for veterans and eligible persons under appropriate Public Laws. College credit is awarded for military experience after reviewing the DD214 form using the ACE guide. A student who accepts veterans’ education assistance assumes responsibility for complying with applicable rules and regulations of the Veterans Administration.
Veterans Affairs Deferment Eligibility
Eligibility for Deferment of Payment of Tuition and Fees by Certain Eligible Students Receiving U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs or Other Governmentally Funded Educational Assistance
Service members, Veterans and dependents of veterans who are eligible beneficiaries of U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs education benefits or other governmentally funded educational assistance, subject to the conditions and guidelines set forth in Tennessee Code Annotated 49-7-104 as amended, may elect upon formal application, to defer payment of required tuition and fees until the final day of the term for which the deferment has been requested.
Application for the deferment must be made no later than 14 days after the beginning of the term. Students who have been granted deferments are expected to make timely payments on their outstanding tuition and fees balance once education benefits are being delivered and eligibility for such deferment shall terminate if the student fails to abide by any applicable rule or regulation or to act in good faith in making timely payments. This notice is published pursuant to Public Chapter 279, Acts of 2003, effective July 1, 2003.
Questions regarding VA benefits should be directed to Gail Key in the Veterans Affairs Office in the Mathis Student Center at Cleveland State Community College, phone: 423-472-7141, extension 265.
Helpful information sources:
VA Hotline (Atlanta) 1-888-442-4551 or 1-800-827-1000
(Hearing impaired) 1-800-829-4833
www.gibill.va.gov
Regional Office Southern Region
VA Regional Office
PO Box 100022
Decatur, GA 30031-7022
