{"id":59962,"date":"2021-08-27T13:04:57","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T13:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/08\/27\/coronavirus-resurgence-could-cause-major-problems-for-gi-bill-users-next-spring\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T11:03:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T11:03:57","slug":"coronavirus-resurgence-could-cause-major-problems-for-gi-bill-users-next-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/education-transition\/2021\/08\/27\/coronavirus-resurgence-could-cause-major-problems-for-gi-bill-users-next-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus resurgence could cause major problems for GI Bill users next spring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/afghanistan\/2021\/08\/23\/vets-groups-plead-for-more-action-from-white-house-on-afghanistan-evacuations\/\" target=\"_blank\">Veterans Affairs officials<\/a> are confident that class disruptions due to resurgent coronavirus cases won\u2019t cause significant challenges for student veterans and other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/education-transition\/2021\/07\/20\/gi-bill-reforms-on-track-for-fall-semester-va-officials-say\/\" target=\"_blank\">GI Bill users this fall<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But next spring\u2019s semester could be a different story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s because a host of emergency authorities approved by Congress last year to deal with potential pandemic problems are set to expire this December. Without intervention from lawmakers, students forced into remote learning options by virus outbreaks on campus may lose out on thousands of dollars a month.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/education-transition\/2021\/08\/20\/more-than-47000-troops-vets-will-see-federal-student-loan-fees-waived\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4009400.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">More than 47,000 troops, vets will see federal student loan fees waived<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Department of Education officials will automatically grant financial relief to individuals who previously had to apply for the benefit.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ve already started preparing messaging for our students this fall to state that without any additional legislation, we will be going back to the way it used to be prior to the pandemic,\u201d said Charmain Bogue, executive director of VA\u2019s Education Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re working very closely with the Hill in terms of any legislative changes that they can consider for the upcoming spring semester. We are hearing from some schools that because of the delta variants and a lot of the uncertainties, they will still probably continue in an online fashion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At issue are rules regarding how GI Bill benefits can be awarded to students attending online classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Post-9\/11 GI Bill awards tuition money for college courses, plus a monthly housing stipend and other payouts to cover books and tutoring services. Eligible students attending in-person classes can receive the full financial benefits as soon as they begin classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, under rules passed by Congress, students enrolled in online-only classes receive only half of their housing stipend. The difference can amount to several thousand dollars a semester, depending on where students are living.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The differing payouts came into focus at the end of the spring 2020 college semester, when campuses across America shifted from in-person classes to online coursework in response to the then-emerging coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">VA officials did not have authority to waive the at-home payout rules, creating a situation where thousands of students were locked into rent payments for the year but poised to see their housing stipends cut in half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congress intervened, giving the VA Secretary emergency authority to override the rule and maintain current payment rates. Veterans advocates hailed the move, but the congressional authority lasts only until Dec. 21 this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/education-transition\/2021\/07\/29\/for-thousands-of-disabled-vets-this-job-training-program-may-be-better-than-the-gi-bill\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/185760.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">For thousands of disabled vets, this job training program may be better than the GI Bill<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Veteran Readiness and Employment program served about 123,000 veterans last year but may benefit even more.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Given the recent surge in pandemic cases related to the delta variant of the virus, VA planners worry some schools which have planned to return to in-person learning may be forced into online-only classes again in early 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have gone back to Congress to ask them to extend [the authorities] further, and there is a legislative proposal that we\u2019ve seen floated already,\u201d Bogue said. \u201cWe are providing technical assistance on it, but they will need to pass it in a timely fashion in order for us to be able to make sure there\u2019s no gaps from a student\u2019s perspective between semesters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That could prove problematic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although lawmakers have been generally supportive of such fixes to GI Bill benefits in the past, both the House and Senate are expected to have crowded legislative schedules in the next few months, with annual budget legislation in need of passage and Democratic leadership focused on major initiatives such as new infrastructure spending and voting rights reforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Renewing the authorities could be tacked on to legislation dealing with VA\u2019s fiscal 2022 budget, but a timeline for passage of any of the federal funding bills is expected to drag late into this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In fiscal 2020, more than 875,000 individuals used GI Bill benefits for college classes, with more than 75 percent using the Post-9\/11 GI Bill program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VA leaders are warning they need congressional help to keep 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