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SAVE THE DATE: On Wednesday, November 18 and Thursday, November 19 VA is hosting Office Hours to:
- Discuss Recent COVID-19 Legislation
- Provide Rogers STEM Scholarship and Section 107 Recertification Updates
- Discuss compliance survey records retention and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), and
- Review Frequently Asked Questions
We understand that COVID-19 legislation is top of mind and encourage you to review updated SCO COVID-19 FAQs and Student COVID-19 FAQs in advance of the webinar. These updated FAQs were built based on feedback you provided and explain the implications of the recently passed H.R.8337 - Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act, which extends special COVID-19 rules to December 21, 2021.
Logistics for the webinar are below; for more information or questions about this event, please contact Operations Management Corporate Mailbox. For specific information about GI Bill benefits, please visit the GI Bill Website. For specific SCO questions about your school contact your Education Liaison Representative (ELR).
Some additional helpful resources we will review include:
Many of you expressed how helpful it is to have pre-written materials to easily share with your GI Bill students. While we will email GI Bill students this week to share the updated COVID-19 FAQs, we encourage you to reach out as well. Please see below draft language that you can copy and paste.
As you may be aware, special COVID-19 rules impacting your Post-9/11 GI Bill® benefits have been extended to December 21, 2021. Among other things, these rules mean that if you pursue resident (physically in person) courses converted to online solely due to COVID-19 at a rate of pursuit that is more than 50%, you will continue to receive the Monthly Housing Allowance (MHA) rate for resident training. To help you better understand these rules and find answers to many of your questions, please see the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) recently updated Student COVID-19 FAQs. If you have specific questions around enrollment or classes, please reach out to me or call VA’s GI Bill hotline at 888-442-4551.
Sincerely,
Education Service
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Hosted By
The Department of Veterans Affairs
What
VA Office Hours Webinar – November | Rogers STEM Scholarship Program and other Colmery Updates
Date
We encourage you to choose the time that best fits your schedule. We will cover the same information at all sessions.
Wednesday, November 18, 2020 | 10 a.m. EST
Wednesday, November 18, 2020 | 1 p.m. EST
Thursday, November 19, 2020 | 10 a.m. EST
Join the Webinar via Adobe Connect
RSVP for the webinar here. Upon registration you will receive a calendar hold with the link to join the Adobe Connect for the session selected.
When you click on the link above to join, Adobe Connect will take you to the sign-in page. Enter your full name as directed by the example in the red box on the sign-in page: Last Name, First Name, Location.
Note
Do not share the meeting invitation or the Adobe Connect information. Invitations to this event are limited to ensure quality discussion and feedback, but we will continue to have additional sessions in the future.
Contact
For more information or questions about this event, please contact the Operations Management Corporate Mailbox. For specific information about GI Bill benefits, please visit the GI Bill Website. For specific SCO questions about your school contact your Education Liaison Representative (ELR).
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