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Can I Use the GI Bill and the Hazelwood Act Benefits Together?

August 24th, 2010
by GIBillExpert
My situation is fairly complicated. I went to college on student loans and earned a 4 year degree. Then decided to join the active army as an enlisted soldier with the student loan repayment program instead of the GI Bill. It was one or the other. Well, I completed my 3 year, 16 week contract and became stop-lossed after that for an additional 8 months of active duty service making me eligible for 50% benefits under the Post 9/11 GI Bill. I am also a Texas resident and a member if the TX National Guard (and can use tuition assistance). My question is, can use my 50% GI Bill, the Hazelwood act to cover the other 50%, and my national guard tuition assistance all 3 together? Or just the GI bill and TA? — Patrick P.

Your situation’s not as complicated as you think.

Because of the way that the new Post 9/11 GI Bill works, you can not use it at the same time that you are using the benefits granted by the Hazelwood Act. Here’s why.

The Hazelwood act provides up to 150 hours of tuition exemption for qualifying veterans. This means that it reduces the tuition for the courses you take to zero. Since the new GI Bill pays an amount based on the tuition of your courses, this means that the GI Bill pays nothing for those courses.

You can only use one of the two at a time, but you can still use both benefits, one after the other, so in the long run, you can take advantage of both.

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