If you are called to active duty during the course of the semester you must do the following:

• You must withdraw from all of your classes or
• If you want to complete your coursework discuss with your instructors about taking an incomplete. You have one year from the beginning of the semester in question to complete your course work.
• Contact the Veteran Affairs Office, Eppley Administration Building, Room 103 as soon as possible. Let us know what your plans are about your coursework and
• You must provide us a copy of your orders with the activation date or
• If you cannot obtain a copy of your orders a letter from your commander on your squadron's or your company's letterhead faxed to our office will be accepted.
• If you received Federal Financial Aid, you will need to notify the Financial Aid Office of your activation.

An eligible person may elect to be paid in advance for the initial month of enrollment or fraction thereof plus the amount payable for the following month. You should be aware that if you receive advance payments, for example, August and September at the beginning of a fall term commencing in August, you would not receive your October benefit check until 1 November. If you have an existing overpayment in your VA account, part or all of the advance payment may be applied to liquidate that debt.

Eligibility: Advance payment is dependent on the following requirements:

• You must be certified for at least half-time enrollment. (6 hours for undergraduates, 4.5 hours for graduate students)
• You must apply for advance pay 35 days prior to the school term start date.

NOTE: You can only request advance pay if you are not receiving break pay. Break pay is an interval payment you can receive for the interval or break between two school terms. In most cases, the VA will pay you for the break between two semesters, or summer sessions. If you want to know if you will be eligible for break pay contact the UNO Veterans Affairs Office.

If you meet the above criteria and want advance pay notify the UNO Veterans Affairs Office.

When your check arrives the UNO Veterans Affairs Office will send you an email through the UNO website Lotus Notes. This email will notify you we have received your check for advance pay and it is waiting for you to pickup at the UNO Student Accounts Office. Any advance payment not picked up 30 days after classes begin will be returned to the US Treasury Department.

If you are a 3/4 or a full-time student (at least 9 hours for undergraduate students, 6 hours for graduate students) you are eligible for the Veterans Work-Study Program. (This is not to be confused with the Federal Work-Study Program). The maximum number of hours you may work is 25 hours per week for each week you are enrolled in school. Payments in the Omaha area are $5.15 an hour, however the VA does not take out federal or state taxes or social security benefits. You also do not claim your earnings on your Federal or State Income Tax. Note: Active Duty Military are not eligible for this program.

There are several locations in the Omaha and Bellevue area that have Veteran work-study positions available. Applications are available at the UNO Veterans Affairs Office, 103 Eppley Administration Building.

• VAMC (Veterans Medical Center)
  John Bradley - 346-8800, ext 4485
• OAFB FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES
  Mary Jo Zwarycz/Billie Gaines - 294-4329
• NEBRASKA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT/EMPLOYMENT SERVICE DIVISION
  Carolyn Stuczynsky - 595-3023
• VET CENTER
  Norman McCormack - 346-6735
• BELLEVUE UNIVERSITY
  Toni Lewis - 293-3764
• METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
  Jerry Padilla - 738-4616
• UNO VETERANS AFFAIRS OFFICE
  Sheryl Kuhr - 554-2349
  
• VA VOCATIONAL REHAB
  Jade Burdick - 346-8800 ext 94571

UNO's Address To Have Your Transcripts Sent to:

• The University of Nebraska At Omaha
  Registrar's Office
  6001 Dodge Street
  Omaha, NE 68182-0209

US Army: AARTS Transcript - Army/ACE Registry Transcript. The Army transcripts military training for its active duty, reserve, National Guard, and veteran enlisted personnel. To obtain AARTS transcripts complete the DA Form 5454R and forward:

• AARTS Operations Center
  415 McPherson Avenue
  Fort Leavenworth, KS 66027-1373
  Phone: 1.913.684.3269
  1.800: 1.866. 297.4427
  FAX: 1.913.684.2011
  Website: http://aarts.army.mil/Form.htm

US Navy/US Marines: SMART Transcript - Sailor/Marine American Council on Education Registry Transcript. The Navy transcripts military training of active duty, reserve, and veteran enlisted sailors. To obtain SMART Transcripts, complete the NAVMC Form and mail to:

• NETPDC
  Navy College Center Code N2A5
  6490 Saufley Field Road
  Pensacola, FL 32509-5204
  Phone: 1.850.452.1828
  1-800: 1.877.253.7122
  FAX: 1.850.452.1281
  Email: ncc@smtp.cnet.navy.mil
  Website: https://smart.cnet/navy/mil/smart-plsql/smart_web/startup

US Air Force: Community College of the Air Force Transcript. The Air Force transcripts military training for its active duty and veteran enlisted personnel. Your written request must include your Social Security Number, your mailing address, your signature and the address to which the transcript is to be mailed, To obtain CCAF transcripts send your request to:

• CCAF/RRR
  Simler Hall, Suite 128
  130 Maxwell Blvd
  Maxwell Air Force Base, AL 36112-6613
  Phone: 1.334.953.2794
  Website: http://www.au.af.mil/au/ccaf/

US Coast Guard: USCG Transcript documents the training of active duty, reserve, and veteran Coast Guard personnel. If you have not had an educational assessment completed by the Coast Guard Institute (CGI), CGI Form 1560/04e must be attached to your request. To obtain USCG Transcripts, complete a Department of Transportation/U.S. Coast Guard Institute CGI Form 1560/09 and mail to:

• USCG Institute
  5900 Southwest 64th Street, Room 235
  Oklahoma City, OK 73169-6990
  Phone: 1.405.954.4265
  Website: http://www.uscg.mil/USCG.shtm

The VA has a program for people on active duty to use their GI Bill in conjunction with tuition assistance. The program "Top-Up" allows the VA to pay you the difference between the total course cost and the cost covered my your service department, up to the maximum rate we would pay a veteran.

For example, if you were enrolled in a one-month course that was considered full time and the total course cost was $1500, and the military was paying $1000, we could pay the difference, $500. We could pay that amount because the $500 is less than the maximum rate payable to a veteran, $900. If the same course was $1500 and the service department was only paying $100, the most the VA could pay would be $900, the maximum rate payable to the vet. We pay whichever one is less.

If you are getting 100% TA for a class, you would not be eligible for Top-Up for that class.

Keep in mind the VA looks at the figures on the approved application for TA to determine the amount paid by the service member. If there is a lab fee not reported on the TA Form, the VA cannot pay for that. We can only pay the difference between the total course cost and the cost paid by service department (up to the maximum amount payable to a veteran) as reported on the TA Form.

If you have never applied for the GI Bill, you will have to apply for the GI Bill to use Top-up. You can download the application VA Form 22-1990, complete and take to your Base Education Office. Tell them this is to use your TOP-UP benefits.

Top-Up does reduce your GI Bill entitlement. At current GI bill rates, for each $1004.00 we pay you in Top-Up, we will take away one month of full time benefits. You start the GI Bill with 36 months of full time benefits.

What Happens if I Do Not Maintain Satisfactory Attendance, Conduct and/or Progress?
Once you start receiving benefits, failure to maintain satisfactory attendance, conduct, progress, or have an excessive number of withdrawals the certifying official at the UNO Veterans Affairs Office will notify the VA and place a hold on your ability to register for classes. In order to get the hold removed you must pick up the Probation or Academic Suspension Worksheet and complete the following paperwork:

• Complete VA Form 22-8873, Supplemental Information for Change of Program or Reenrollment After Unsatisfactory Attendance, Conduct, or Progress-Part II
• Take VA Advisor Letter to your College and give to your academic advisor

Once we receive a letter from your advisor verifying they conducted a counseling session with you and the VA Form 22-8873 the registration hold will be removed from your records.

• Background: Troops to Teachers (TTT) was established in 1994 as a Department of Defense program. The National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2000 transferred the responsibility for program oversight and funding to the U.S. Department of Education but continued operation by the Department of Defense. The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 provides for the continuation of TTT through Fiscal Year (FY) 2006. The Defense Activity manages TTT for Non-Traditional Education Support (DANTES) in Pensacola, Florida.

Service Requirements:

• Military personnel who have retired
• Active duty personnel who separate with six or more years of service on or after 1 Oct 1990
• Current members of the Selective Reserve with six or more years of creditable service toward retirement
• Last period of service must be honorable.

Click here to review the Troops for Teacher Information & Registration Packet

Can I Receive Benefits for an Audit or Credit/No Credit Course(s)?

• Students receiving veteran's educational benefits may not receive benefits for Audited courses.
• Students receiving veteran's educational benefits and wishing to take courses on a Credit/No Credit basis MUST stop by the UNO Veterans Services office (located in EAB 103) to meet with a VA representative to determine their eligibility. Eligibility is determined on a case-by-case basis, and may require written permission from an academic advisor prior to being approved for such courses. A loose guideline for determining your eligibility in these courses is to simply ask yourself, "Does this course directly apply to my program/major course of study?"