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GI Bill Information: Ask the Expert BlogCan I Get the College Fund “Kicker” with the New GI Bill?
March 11th, 2010
by GIBillExpert
by GIBillExpert
I have 2 questions. 1.) If I paid into the Montgomery GI Bill but switch to the Post 9/11 GI Bill does that pay-in fee get reimbursed since they don’t require a fee for the new bill? 2.) If I got the $67,000 seasonal army college fund bonus does that still apply to the new bill or is it only usable with the Montgomery GI Bill? — Robert G.
Good questions. To answer the first one, if you switch from the Montgomery GI Bill to the new Post 9/11 GI Bill, you receive a refund of the $1,200 that you paid into the Montgomery GI Bill with your final housing stipend check when you use up the last month of benefits. If you never completely exhaust your benefits, you never get the refund.
As far as the second question goes, the short answer is that yes, you still get the college fund bonus on top of the new GI Bill benefits. The extra money you are talking about is the up to $950 per month that the services are authorized to offer to encourage enlistment in critical job fields. If you are due a college fund bonus (or “kicker”), it is added onto your housing allowance each month that you are in the GI Bill program taking courses.
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When you say “up to $950 a month”, how do you know exactly how much that will be. is it $950, or is it less? is there some chart out there that can explain this?
The amount you will get is on the kicker document in your enlistment packet. Because the amount have varied throughout the years, your amount may be $950 or it could be less. Because of this variance, when you decide to start drawing on your kicker, you will have to send a copy of your kicker paperwork to the VA so they know your authorized to be paid for a kicker and how much. Send in your kicker paperwork at the same time you apply for your GI Bill.