VA Education Benefits | ECTC

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VA Education Benefits

We're Here to Help!

Our office is staffed with dedicated full-time employees whose mission is to support you throughout your journey at Elizabethtown Community and Technical College (ECTC). We assist with VA forms and serve as a liaison between you and the VA Regional Office to help answer questions and resolve concerns. Please note that the ECTC Military and Veteran Services Center is not affiliated with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

To allow sufficient processing time, please contact the Military and Veteran Services Center at least 60 days before your anticipated start date.

Where Do I start?

  1. Apply for benefits.
    1. Scroll down to the "Apply for education benefits" dropdown and answer the questions accordingly.
    2. VA takes about 30 days to process applications.
    3. Submit your Certificate of Eligibility to our office.
  2. VR&E (Veterans Readiness and Employment) students: Your counselor is required to submit an Authorization to our office before any benefits can be processed.
  3. Official Transcripts Required: Submit all previous college transcripts and Joint Services Transcripts (JST) to ECTC. Failure to report prior colleges on your admissions application will cause delays or holds on your VA Education Benefits.
  4. Visiting Students: You are required to have your home school’s VA representative send us a Parent School Letter. These letters are not the same as the one you turn into our Admissions and/or Records Office.
  5. Kentucky Tuition Waiver: If you need to apply for the Kentucky Tuition Waiver, we have copies in our office, or you can print and complete the form yourself.
    1. If you have already been approved for the tuition waiver, please send us a copy.
    2. If you used your tuition waiver at another college, you are required to provide our office with a copy of the tuition waiver certificate and have your previous college send us the entitlement used.
  6. VA Enrollment Form: All students are required to submit a VA Enrollment Form each semester after enrolling in classes.
    1. You can access the VA Enrollment Form by logging into your MyPath account.
    2. From there, go to Student Self-Service > Advising and Classes > VA Enrollment Form.
    3. Please be sure to carefully review the terms on the final page before submitting to ensure you understand the requirements of using your VA benefits. 
  1. VA Enrollment Form: All students are required to submit a VA Enrollment Form each semester after enrolling in classes.
    1. You can access the VA Enrollment Form by logging into your MyPath account.
    2. From there, go to Student Self-Service > Advising and Classes > VA Enrollment Form.
    3. Please be sure to carefully review the terms on the final page before submitting to ensure you understand the requirements of using your VA benefits.
  2. VR&E (Veterans Readiness and Employment) students: Your counselor is required to submit an Authorization to our office before any benefits can be processed.
  3. Visiting Students: You are required to have your home school’s VA representative send us a Parent School Letter. These letters are not the same as the one you turn into our Admission and/or Records Office.

Important Information

  1. All remedial courses are required by the Department of Veterans Affairs to be taken on-campus to be covered.
  2. All courses must fit into your current program.
  3. You can only enroll in one program/track at a time.
  4. VA will not cover courses that have already been successfully completed, regardless when/where the course was taken.
  5. You cannot enroll under undecided or in “Pending” programs (programs that are selective admission, such as Nursing).
  6. You are required to complete a VA Enrollment Form each semester after you enroll in classes. Benefits cannot be processed without this request.
  7. You are responsible for reporting ALL changes to our office to avoid any debt to the Department of Veterans Affairs, as well as to ensure you are receiving accurate payments.
  8. If you withdraw or fail courses, we are required to report those changes to the Department of Veterans Affairs. Please keep track of your academic progress and communicate with our office before making decisions on dropping or failing courses. Drops and failed courses are reported to DVA and may create a debt to you.
  9. Ask our office about our Text for Vets Book Lending Program. All military-affiliated students are eligible.