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RFC Reminder

Reminder! Please submit your Request for Certification. All students should choose the Spring 2025 Term unless you are part of the Master in Legal Studies (MLS) program. MLS students will choose the Term 1 2025 term on their Request for Certification

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August:Ìý

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September:Ìý

11 Patriots Day –9/11 Day of ServiceÌý

November:Ìý

11 Veterans Day Ceremony & CelebrationÌý

December:Ìý

TBD Fall Veteran & Military Connected Student Affinity GraduationÌý

January:Ìý

TBD Yellow Ribbon Basketball gameÌýÌý

20 Martin Luther King Jr Day of ServiceÌý

TBD New Student Spring OrientationÌý

March:Ìý

TBD SVA Washington Week- Capitol HillÌý

May:Ìý

TBD Spring Veteran & Military-Connected Affinity GraduationÌý

26 Memorial Day CeremonyÌýÌý

Section 1018 of Public Law 116-315 (referred to as Isakson and Roe) requires educational institutions to provide students with certain financial information and other requirements including a personalized shopping sheet. The REMOTE Act affords the opportunity for schools to use the College Financing Plan (CFP), available through the Department of Education as a means to satisfy the requirements of section 3679(f).

51²è¹Ý provides all admitted students with the College Financing Plan. This document is available in the Financial aid Hub of Eagle Service.

We would also like to provide some additional resources as you review your VA Education Benefits Eligibility:

Based on GI Bill® Type

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If you have any questions about your VA Education Benefits, the Veterans Services Team is here to help!

Important Update for Chapter 33 Beneficiaries!

By verifying that you are still enrolled in the same courses or training every month, you help avoid overpayments caused by changes to your training schedule and safeguard your GI Bill® entitlement by preventing entitlement charges for training you did not attend.

ÌýHow to Verify Your Enrollment:

We encourage students to opt into text messaging, which is a simple, quick option for verifying monthly enrollment and ensuring you receive your MHA/kicker payments uninterrupted.


All impacted students with a US mobile phone number on file should receive an opt-in text message after being enrolled in your courses. You must respond to that text within 14 days. After opting in, you can simply reply to a VA text message each month to verify your enrollment.


If you opt out of text message verification or do not respond to the opt-in text, you will be automatically enrolled in email verification with the email address on file with VA.

For more information, contact your School Certifying Official or refer to the where many helpful resources are highlighted, including

From the Department of Veteran Affairs:

New monthly enrollment verification option for students

In March 2023, we introduced as an additional option for Post-9/11 GI Bill® students to verify their monthly enrollment.

VA still recommends students utilize text verification as the preferred option to verify their enrollment. However, this new method will allow students to verify directly online at VA.gov as long as they have a fully verified account through ID.me or Login.gov.

If students cannot verify through text or email, or their text or email link expires, this new option will allow students to verify directly online instead of having to call the Education Call Center.

For more information on the online verification method head to the . If your students have questions about creating a verified ID.me account, they can

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Need to Speak to the Veterans Services Office?

Need to know where to begin?

Check out our Admitted and Returning Student Checklists for a full list of items needed to Process VA Education Benefits as well as resources for our ROTC students!

Student Checklist

Monthly Newsletter

51²è¹Ý Veterans Services sends a monthly newsletterÌýto all students using VA education benefits.

Want to be added to the listserv to receive a notice when the newsletter is posted? Click

Monthly Newsletter

Email:ÌýVeterans@american.edu

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GI Bill® is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). More information about education benefits offered by VA is available at the official U.S. government website:Ìý