{"id":103582,"date":"2018-12-28T18:01:26","date_gmt":"2018-12-28T18:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/12\/28\/gi-bill-housing-stipend-woes-should-get-fixed-in-2019\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T11:08:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T11:08:20","slug":"gi-bill-housing-stipend-woes-should-get-fixed-in-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/veterans\/2018\/12\/28\/gi-bill-housing-stipend-woes-should-get-fixed-in-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW IN 2019: GI Bill delays should get fixed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After <a href=\"https:\/\/rebootcamp.militarytimes.com\/news\/education\/2018\/11\/02\/many-student-veterans-risk-eviction-for-late-gi-bill-payments-so-this-city-is-stepping-in\/\" target=\"_blank\">severe payment delays<\/a> for thousands of student veterans expecting money for housing from the Veterans Affairs Department in the fall semester, student vets planning to use the education benefit in the spring should get their money on time \u2014 even if those payments aren\u2019t yet 100 percent accurate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/rebootcamp.militarytimes.com\/news\/education\/2018\/10\/11\/still-waiting-for-your-gi-bill-money-heres-why\/\" target=\"_blank\">longer-than-usual wait times<\/a> stemmed from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/2018\/11\/24\/confirmation-of-new-va-cio-takes-new-urgency-in-light-of-recent-problems\/\" target=\"_blank\">technology challenges<\/a> as the VA tried \u2014 and failed \u2014 to implement portions of the <a href=\"https:\/\/rebootcamp.militarytimes.com\/education-transition\/education\/2017\/08\/16\/trump-signed-the-forever-gi-bill-here-are-11-things-you-should-know\/\" target=\"_blank\">Forever GI Bill<\/a> by the Aug. 1 deadline. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/rebootcamp.militarytimes.com\/news\/education\/2018\/12\/05\/what-the-heck-is-going-on-with-the-forever-gi-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\">VA officials recently announced<\/a> they\u2019re pushing back implementation to Dec. 1, 2019, freeing up resources to get students paid on time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRedesigning the way [the Veterans Benefits Administration] calculates Post-9\/11 GI Bill housing rates during a busy academic season was like flying a plane while building it, and that was unfair and frustrating to veterans and taxpayers,\u201d VA Secretary Robert Wilkie said in November. \u201cThat\u2019s why we are resetting our implementation of the law for the next year to ensure we get the technology and formula right to put veterans first.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At issue are <a href=\"https:\/\/rebootcamp.militarytimes.com\/news\/education\/2018\/07\/16\/the-forever-gi-bill-will-change-things-for-student-vets-this-school-year-heres-what-you-need-to-know\/\" target=_blank>two provisions in the Forever GI Bill<\/a>, signed into law in 2017, that change the way housing stipends are to be calculated. One provision brings housing stipends for new students in line with what the Department of Defense pays E-5s with dependents living in the same location, which is actually an approximate 1-percent decrease from the VA\u2019s own housing payment rates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The other, and most challenging, provision states that students should get paid based on the location where they take the most classes, and not where the main campus of their school is located.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The VA is seeking a new tech contractor for the project and hopes to have these changes in place by next December, in time for the spring 2020 semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, come January, students who received housing stipends in fall 2018 should receive checks for any underpayments, and the VA will pay housing stipends as the department had previously: based on a school\u2019s main campus at the VA\u2019s higher housing 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