Veterans Progress
Veterans are certified only for courses that apply to their degree programs. If you are eligible to receive Veterans Administration (VA) benefits, you are required to maintain a cumulative 2.0 grade point average (GPA) for all course work attempted. If your cumulative GPA falls below 2.0, you will be placed on academic probation for the following term. If you do not improve your cumulative GPA to at least a 2.0 for the subsequent semester, your VA certification will be suspended until progress is made toward your GPA. You may be reinstated after meeting with the VA school-certifying official at RRCC.
Because credit is not given for audited courses, they are not eligible for certification. If you stop attending, but do not officially drop or withdraw from the course, you are considered "non-attending." You may be dropped administratively, and your benefit certification adjusted accordingly. These actions can result in you owing money to the federal government. Copies of the veteran regulations are available for review in the Veteran Services office on campus.
Prior Credit Review Policy
The evaluation of previous postsecondary education and training is mandatory and required for VA beneficiaries. For students utilizing Veterans benefits who are approved for transfer credit as a result of this evaluation, the institution will grant appropriate credits, reduce the program length proportionately, notify the student and Veterans Affairs in writing of this decision, and adjust invoicing of the VA accordingly.
Title 38 US Code Section 3679(e)
RRCC permits any covered individual to attend or participate in the course of education during the period beginning on the date on which the individual provides a certificate of eligibility or statement of benefits for entitlement to educational assistance under chapter 31 or 33 and ending on the earlier of the following dates:
1. The date on which payment from the VA is made.
2. 90 days after the sate certification of tuition and fees following the receipt of the certificate of eligibility.
RRCC will not impose any penalty, to include the assessment of late fees, the denial of access to classes, libraries or other institutional facilities, or requirement that a covered individual borrow additional funds, on any covered individual because of the individual’s inability to meet their financial obligations to the institution due to the delayed disbursement of funding from VA under chapter 31 or 33.
Information: www.va.gov