All students who receive VA Educational Benefits must do the following in order to have their enrollment certification submitted to the Department of Veterans Affairs:
- The student must have a complete Admissions file. All prior credit for transfer students must be evaluated before enrollment certification can be submitted to the Department of Veterans Affairs. For any colleges you have attended, even if you did not complete any courses at that institution, you will need to contact them and have those official transcripts sent to Jefferson State. This includes colleges, universities, non-credit colleges (ITT Tech, Fortis, Virginia College, etc.), trade schools, and/or vocational certifications you have earned such as truck driving school (CDL) or cosmetology. All transcripts must go through the registration office directly from the institution by sending the official transcript to [email protected]. If they are unable to send them electronically, please have the institution mail them to the following address. Some institutions, such as truck driving or cosmetology school may not have standard transcripts. These institutions can submit a letter of attendance or your records to the Records Office above via US mail.
Jefferson State Community College, ATTN: Records Office, 2601 Carson Road, Birmingham, AL 35215 - All VA students must submit a copy of the Request for Certification of Educational Benefits form found at JSCC VA Forms to the JSCC Office of Veteran Affairs and ensure payment for all classes registered to have their enrollment certification submitted to the Department of Veteran Affairs. For Post 9/11 GI Bill® (Chapter 33) and Veterans Readiness & Employment (Chapter 31) students must submit the Request for Certification of Educational Benefits form in order to have their tuition payments credited to their Jefferson State Community College account. If a Chapter 33 or Chapter 31 student registers for courses and fails to submit the required form each semester after registering, their schedule will be dropped. For all other students, tuition is due at time of registration.
- Students must complete the Request for Certification of Educational Benefits form, the 85/15 Confirmation of Compliance form (if applicable) and the Statement of Understanding form to submit to the Jefferson State VA representative for certification approval. These documents require a student’s signature.
- Students are required to speak with the Veterans Affairs Coordinator or an academic advisor to ensure the courses the student is registered for are required for the major on file in Admissions and are included in the current degree plan. *The VA will not cover courses that are not required for the student’s major.
- If a student wishes to change their schedule prior to the start of the term, or during the assigned add/drop period in a given semester, they are required to contact the Veterans Affairs Coordinator to update their schedule if they have already submitted their Request for Certification of Educational Benefits for to the JSCC VA Office. Changes in schedule could impact the payment of benefits.
- Once all required documents have been submitted to the Jefferson State VA office, verified and payment has been received (if applicable), the student’s enrollment certification will be submitted to the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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