Paul Mitchell The School Michigan will permit any covered individual to attend or participate in the course of education during the period beginning on the date on which the individual provides to the educational institution a certificate of eligibility for entitlement to educational assistance under chapter 31 or 33 and ending on the earlier of the following dates:
- The date on which the Department of Veterans Affairs provides payment for such course of education to such institution.
- The date that is 90 days after the date on which the educational institution certifies for tuition and fees following receipt from the student such certificate of eligibility.
Paul Mitchell The School Michigan will not impose any penalty, including the assessment of late fees, the denial of access to classes, libraries, or other institutional facilities, or the requirement that a covered individual borrow additional funds, on any covered individual because of the individual’s inability to meet his or her financial obligations to the institution due to the delayed disbursement of funding from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
VA Distance Education
Non-College Degree (NCD) programs are not approved for online training and are only approved for resident training. These residential training programs have only been eligible to receive benefits for distance learning because of the temporary protections provided by legislation through June 1, 2022.
Accordingly, after June 1, 2022, these GI Bill benefits will no longer be authorized. From June 2, 2022, (the day after the COVID-19 covered period expires), until June 30, 2022, the student will remain eligible to receive GI Bill benefits (tuition and fee payments as well as MHA payments) for the converted course if such training is still offered by the school via the unapproved modality. In such cases, the student must return to resident training for GI Bill benefits to continue after June 30. If the student continues with distance learning after benefits are no longer authorized in a program not approved to receive GI Bill benefits for distance learning, GI Bill benefit payments will be terminated, and a tuition and fee debt may be created.
Importantly, the student must have already begun training on or before June 1, 2022, for this protection to apply. Enrollments for training beginning after June 1, 2022, will not be afforded these protections.