{"id":41339,"date":"2019-06-13T19:05:24","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T19:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/06\/13\/now-that-all-ta-funds-are-gone-whats-next-for-navy-education\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:41:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:41:10","slug":"now-that-all-ta-funds-are-gone-whats-next-for-navy-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/06\/13\/now-that-all-ta-funds-are-gone-whats-next-for-navy-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Now that all TA funds are gone, what\u2019s next for Navy education?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Navy\u2019s tuition assistance program ran dry in late May and the service wont\u2019 refill depleted coffers until Oct. 1, at the earliest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Navy\u2019s programmed tuition assistance funding was exhausted on 28 May,\u201d Chief of Naval Personnel spokeswoman Capt. Amy Derrick told Navy Times on Thursday. \u201cDespite funding being exhausted, sailors whose TA applications were approved through 28 May will be taking courses through the end of the [fiscal year].\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In April, Navy officials predicted<\/a> the program would soon run dry of dollars. They warned sailors that the service would break with tradition and forgo ferreting out extra funds to cover the deficit, citing other spending priorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Derrick said the final spending tally on TA during this fiscal year came in at “just over $77 million,\u201d about $2 million more than was budgeted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In FY 2018, the Navy ended up spending $91 million on TA, partly because of a 19 percent spending hike caused by the service relaxing TA usage rules<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Funding will resume when federal lawmakers earmark it, most likely in October if there\u2019s an approved defense budget, Derrick said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNavy will begin approving FY20 TA applications as soon as funding is allocated to the program.\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\t