June Office Hours

All the information shared during June Office Hours can be found in the presentation. As a reminder, you can obtain credit for attending June Office Hours in the SCO Training Portal. If you received this as a forwarded message, please sign up for the GovDelivery subscription to receive future announcements directly to your inbox. Please ensure that you subscribe to the EDU School Certifying Officials topic.

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June Office Hours Recording

If you were not able to attend a session, please view the video here.

Office Hours Questions and Answers: Questions and Answers from the Office Hour sessions’ questions can be found at this website. Please bookmark as this site will be updated regularly.

Rollback of COVID Provisions

On June 1, 2022, COVID-19 legislation permitting students to receive the Monthly Housing Allowance (MHA) at the resident (in person) rate, while taking approved courses converted to online training due to COVID-19 will end.

If your institution is operating in an unapproved modality, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, you must return to the approved modality before COVID-19 provisions were effective. Returning to your approved modality must occur on or before June 2, 2022.

Note: Corrections will need to be made to all certifications previously submitted for terms:

1. Spanning June 1, 2022, and
2. Containing the remark "COVID-19 Residence Courses Taken Online"

For more information, you can go to this website to review additional frequently asked questions.

Section 1018 and the REMOTE Act

Section 1018, establishing 38 U.S.C. § 3679(f), requires educational institutions to provide students with certain financial information and other requirements. VA provided an overview of the requirements of section 3679(f) in an email dated July 13, 2021 (here). Schools must comply with the requirements to qualify for GI Bill funds. The REMOTE Act delayed the effective date of this section until 2022. This section goes into effect on June 15, 2022 and applies to educational institutions beginning August 1, 2022.

The REMOTE Act affords the opportunity for schools to use the College Financing Plan available through the Department of Education as a means to satisfy the requirements of section 3679(f). An Educational Training Institution that utilizes this form is providing sufficient consumer information, will be exempt from all section 3679(f) requirements, and does not need to apply for a waiver. An Educational Training Institution does not need to be participating in title IV Federal Student Aid to utilize the CFP to satisfy the requirements of section 3679(f).

Where can I find more information?

For specific questions on how this impacts your school, please contact your Education Liaison Representative.

Reporting of Post-9/11 GI Bill® Vacation Days

Here are some guidelines for reporting vacation days:

• Only vacation periods of 7 calendar days or greater should be reported.
• The period must be identified as a holiday period in your approved catalog.
• This typically means no class sessions for at least a Monday through the following Friday. Only consecutive vacation days can be reported and should be reflected as a date range, not as a total number of days. 

Yellow Ribbon Extension to Active-Duty Service Members

Starting August 1, 2022, servicemembers currently on active-duty who qualify for the Post 9/11 GI® Bill at the 100% level (they already served on active duty for at least 36 months) and spouses using the transferred benefits of an active duty servicemember may be eligible for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

For more information, please visit this website.

Additional SCO Resources

For additional information about SCO requirements, navigate to the updated School Certifying Officials Handbook, the School Certifying Officials Resource Page and the School Certifying Official Training.  

For more information or questions about this event, please contact the Training Corporate Mailbox. For specific information about GI Bill benefits, please visit the GI Bill website.

85/15 Review Session

During the week of June 27^th Education Service conducted a series of 85/15 Review Sessions to over 5,000 people. We realize the topic is of great importance for your role.  

85/15 Review Session

Please go here to review the recording of the session.

We will also ensure that you receive the questions and answers from the sessions for your reference shortly.

For more info on 85/15 please visit:

85/15 Frequently Asked Questions - Education and Training (va.gov)

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