- Apply for VR&E benefits through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
- Sign up for a premium VA eBenefits account.
- Your VA counselor will email the campus school certifying officials (SCOs) approving your program of study and will send to the University Park Office of Veterans Programs an authorization for Penn State to invoice the VA for your course charges.
- Your VA counselor will also send to the Great Valley Bookstore an authorization for the bookstore to invoice the VA for your course materials. Contact Philip Marshall in the Penn State Great Valley Bookstore at [email protected] for information on picking up textbooks and supplies.
- Request enrollment verification each semester. On the same day you sign up for courses each semester, submit an Enrollment Verification Request form for the courses you would like your G.I. Bill®benefit to cover.
- Submit the form at least three weeks prior to the first day of each semester.
- To ensure compensation, submit all courses for the entire 14-week semester (both 7-week sessions) at the same time on the same form.
- The form is submitted electronically.
- No veteran education benefit will be processed without this written request.
- Monitor your bursar account on LionPath to ensure your G.I. Bill® benefit has been attributed to your account.
- If you change your program of study or change the number of credits you are taking in any semester that enrollment verification has been requested, submit a new, updated Enrollment Verification Request form. Unreported changes can lead to serious student debt to the VA or to the University.
- Check in regularly with the campus SCOs in the Office of Student Services if you have any problems with your VR&E benefits. The SCOs can be reached at [email protected] or at 610-648-3311.
G.I. Bill® is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). More information about education benefits offered by the VA is available at the official U. S. government website at https://benefits.va.gov/gibill.