{"id":37205,"date":"2019-05-21T17:42:34","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T17:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/05\/21\/the-navy-just-shut-down-ta-until-october\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:07:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:07:11","slug":"the-navy-just-shut-down-ta-until-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/education-transition\/2019\/05\/21\/the-navy-just-shut-down-ta-until-october\/","title":{"rendered":"The Navy just shut down TA until October"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Navy\u2019s tuition assistance dollars will dry up at the end of May and unlike in past years the Pentagon won\u2019t refill the coffers, officials say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sailors who already possess an approved TA voucher won\u2019t be affected, but all others will be banned from tapping funds to pay for classes until at least Oct. 1, when the new fiscal year\u2019s budget is slated to kick in, according to NavAdmin message 114\/19<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The May 21 directive indicates that the service plans to tighten eligibility rules for the TA program in the fall, including barring service members from using the funding during their first two years on active duty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Navy also will drop the maximum annual credit limit to $3,000, which translates to 12 credit hours at $250 per hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the first time, the new rules will cap voluntary education usage over a Navy career at 120 semester hours, about the number of credits needed to earn a bachelor\u2019s degree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And these limitations will apply not only to the Navy\u2019s TA program but also the Navy College Program for Afloat College Education<\/a>, which offers instructor-led classes and distance education for deployed sailors on board vessels.<\/p>\n\n\n\t