The Rapid Changes of the Post 9/11 GI Bill

The Post 9/11 GI Bill changes so rapidly, it’s hard to put a solid finger on it. Schools and students alike search endlessly for information on the new GI Bill, whether it be changes in policies or completely added amendments.

Early June already brought statistics for the Post 9/11 GI Bill. Since the release of the application in May, over 51,000 veterans, reserve members, and active duty in the military have applied for the Post 9/11 GI Bill’s benefits. Compare this to the 540,000 military personnel benefiting from military financial aid in 2008, and you have 10% of veterans participating in some form of education already turning to the Post 9/11 GI Bill for support.

These statistics are startling considering the list of Yellow Ribbon Program participators does not come out until June 22nd. Every day, individual schools announce their participation. As an example, the Center for Online Learning at Saint Leo University has committed itself to the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The Veterans Benefits GI Bill Blog is only one source of information for the Post 9/11 GI Bill. When we do research on the latest happenings, we turn directly to the source: The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the U.S. Department of Defense. We also turn to news sites like USA Today and Navy Times.

The Veterans Benefits GI Bill Blog has done several posts on different rulings, quirks, and happenings of the Post 9/11 GI Bill since April 1st. With all of these changes, we thought it was time to compile this short history together. Take a look at all that has progressed thus far in only a little over two months of time:

• Introducing the Post 9/11 GI Bill
• Private Colleges and the Post 9/11 GI Bill
• Online Education and the Post 9/11 GI Bill
• The Yellow Ribbon Program
• California and the Post 9/11 GI Bill
• Five Recent Rulings About the Post 9/11 GI Bill
• Ten Little Known Facts About the Post 9/11 GI Bill
• Family Transfer Rulings
• Weighing GI Bill Options
• Five Facts About the Yellow Ribbon Program
• Veterans Educational Equality Act of California
• The Fifteen States with the Best GI Bill Benefits

There is so much about the Post 9/11 GI Bill that’s yet to come. There are already controversies about the government-campus costs per unit that determine the benefits of the new GI Bill state-by-state (though the numbers announced this year are guaranteed for this school year.) To stay updated, continue to keep yourself posted to the Veterans Benefits GI Bill Blog!