What Does a School Have to Do for the GI Bill?

From your end, applying for the GI Bill is pretty straightforward. Go to the Veterans Affairs department’s web site and find the GI Bill application page. Take the time to complete the online forms, and the VA will send you a form that verifies for your school that you are eligible for the GI Bill. Then, when you are in the program, you need to go to the WAVE page to verify your enrollment each month.

From your school’s end, it is a bit more involved. First, the educational program that you are taking must be approved by the proper state approving agency, which in Nevada is the Commission of Postsecondary Education. If the program is already approved, no problem; otherwise, the school has to apply for approval.

For each student that is using the GI Bill, the school must sent in appropriate forms to the VA, as described on this informational paper. All of the forms required are available for download from the VA web-site.

Although your instructors may not know, the financial office and the veterans affairs office at the school through which your program is run should know the details.