Veterans Services
Veterans Educational Benefits
Mt. San Jacinto College is fully approved for the training of students under the various government educational programs for veterans and eligible dependents of deceased or disabled veterans.
Veterans and dependents are encouraged to visit one of our Veterans Resource Centers to complete an application for admission and assistance with their applications for VA Education Assistance and Federal Financial Aid at the Veterans Resource Center located in buildings 1560 (San Jacinto Campus) and 1017 (Menifee Valley Campus).Veterans are required to choose a major and enroll in classes required of that major. Failure to take proper classes may lead to reduction or termination of benefits. Official transcripts from all previous schools, colleges and CLEP test must be submitted to Mt. San Jacinto College for evaluation before the end of the student’s second term of attendance.
The load requirements (fall and spring) for Chapter 30 (Montgomery GI Bill®), Chapter 31 (Veterans Vocational Rehabilitation), Chapter 35 (Dependents’ Educational Assistance), Chapter 1606 (Montgomery GI Bill® – Selected Reserve), and Chapter 1606/1607 (Montgomery GE Bill Selected Reserve) are:
| Course Load | Units |
|---|---|
| Full Time | 12 units or more |
| ¾ Time | 9-11 ½ units |
| ½ time | 6-8 ½ units |
| ¼ Time | 3-5 ½ units |
| 1 | Chapter 33 must be enrolled in a minimum of 7 units to receive partial Monthly Housing Allowance payments. |
Summer Session: Full-time is considered 4 units in a six-week course or 6 units in an eight-week course.
Veterans taking a course that lasts less than a semester may be paid only for the actual enrollment period. If the veteran receives an “F” or “W” grade for non-attendance, they may be liable to repay the VA from the date they stopped participation in the class.
Continuing and returning students who were previously enrolled for VA assistance and wish to continue to receive benefits must submit a Veteran’s Statement of Responsibility Form to the Veteran Resource Center each semester. It is the veteran’s responsibility to promptly notify the Veterans Resource Center of any change of program, which would affect their VA assistance.
Veterans may be awarded three (3) units of credit for the healthful living and physical education requirement of graduation by submitting an application for credit and a copy of their DD214, verifying 180 days active military duty, to the Enrollment Services Office. Students who are on active military duty and have completed boot camp may apply to receive the credit. This must be done upon admission to the college.
- Veterans Resource Center
San Jacinto Campus 1560
(951) 487-3247; or - Veterans Resource Center
Menifee Valley Campus, 1017
(951) 639-5237
To receive VA Educational Benefits a student must be in a satisfactory academic standing as outlined by Enrollment Services. A student in Academic or Progress Probation with Enrollment Services will be considered to have that same standing in regards to their VA educational benefits. For additional information contact one of the School Certifying Officials
- Veterans Resource Center
San Jacinto Campus 1560
(951) 487-3247; or - Veterans Resource Center
Menifee Valley Campus, 1017
(951) 639-5237
Veterans Resource Center (VRC)
The Veterans Resource Center (VRC) is located in buildings 1560 (San Jacinto Campus) and 1017 (Menifee Valley Campus) and provides a central location designated strictly for Veteran and Dependent needs, to include:
- An available Veterans Counselor for academic and career counseling;
- A full-time School Certifying Official for GI Bill® benefits;
- VA Student Workers as assisting employees for resources and student support services;
- Free computer use and printing;
- A lounge area with sofas and matching tables, a flat screen TV, a DVD player, a coffee maker, and a microwave; and
- A conference/study area.
MSJC serves more than 1,400 Veteran students district wide and the VRC ultimately accommodates the influx of Veterans through a seamless and supportive transition into college life.
Title 38 Beneficiaries (VA Education Benefits) Preventing Drop for Non-Payment
Mt. San Jacinto College (MSJC) military students with GI Bill and Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment benefits are able to register and attend classes without a “drop” penalty if the beneficiary provides a Certificate of Eligibility (COE) or valid VAF 28-1905 (Authorization and Certification of Entrance or Reentrance into Rehabilitation and Certification Status).
MSJC will not impose any penalty, including the assessment of late fees, the denial of access to classes, libraries, or other institutional facilities, or the requirement that a covered individual borrow additional funds, because of the individual’s inability to meet his or her financial obligations to the institution due to the delayed disbursement of a payment to be provided by the Secretary under chapter 31 or 33 of this title.
Covered individual is any individual who is entitled to educational assistance under Chapter 31 or Chapter 33 VA Educational benefits. A covered individual must complete the following to not have any of the above penalties imposed:
- Submit a Certificate of Eligibility (COE) for entitlement for educational assistance no later than the same day the individual registers for classes for a course of education for which the individual has indicated the individual wishes to use the individual’s entitlement to educational assistance, or
- Submit a valid VAF 28-1905 (Authorization and Certification of Entrance or Reentrance into Rehabilitation and Certification of Status) no later than the same day the individual registers for classes, and,
- Submit all additional information needed for the Veterans Resource Center to certify covered individual’s enrollment certification for the VA Education Regional Office (i.e., Statement of Responsibility) no later than the same day the individual registers for classes.
GI Bill® is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (VA). More information about education benefits offered by the VA is available at the official U.S. government Web site at: Benefits.