GI Bill Tutorial Assistance Is Worth Up to $1,200

If you’re taking classes using your GI Bill benefit and run into academic trouble, the Department of Veterans Affairs may pay for the cost of hiring a tutor to help with difficult courses.

It can help you pay for necessary tutoring and is a supplement to your GI Bill benefit. Tutorial assistance is available if you are receiving VA educational assistance at the half-time rate or greater and have a deficiency in a subject, making tutoring necessary.

The monthly rate of tutorial assistance may not exceed the cost of tutoring or $100. The lifetime maximum amount payable is $1,200.

Your Post-9/11 GI Bill entitlement is not charged for using this program. If you use the Montgomery GI Bill, your entitlement is charged after the first $600 paid out by the VA. Tutorial assistance is also available for recipients of Survivors’ and Dependents’ Educational Assistance (DEA) and not charged against the entitlement.

Tutorial Assistance Eligibility

All the following criteria must be met for you to be eligible for tutorial assistance.

• You must be in a post-secondary program half time or more.
• You must have a documented deficiency in a course that is part of your approved program.
• You must be enrolled in the course during the quarter, semester or term in which the tutoring is received for the course. Tutoring may not occur between quarters or semesters.

How to Apply

The student, tutor and school certifying official must complete an Application for Individualized Tutorial Assistance (VA Form 22-1990t). The application may be submitted at the end of each month or combination of months. The application must be signed and dated on or after the date of the last tutoring session certified.

Information for Schools

A certifying official who signs an Application for Individualized Tutorial Assistance certifies that:

• Tutoring is essential to correct a deficiency. A letter from the course instructor should be put in the student’s VA file stating that the student is deficient in the course and that individual tutoring is required to correct the deficiency.
• The tutor meets the college’s qualifications. Ideally, the school maintains a list of approved tutors. The list should indicate the subjects a tutor is qualified to tutor and the hourly charge. Students should be assigned a tutor from the approved list. A tutor may not be a close relative of the student.
• The charges do not exceed the usual charges for tutoring.

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