Veteran Affairs
Jackson State Community College is committed to serving VA students in a timely and conscientious manner. The Veterans Affairs Office is located in the Student Union Building, Financial Aid Office, Room 24-C. VA students are able to receive one-on-one service with individual counseling as needed.
The Veterans Affairs Office assists students eligible to receive VA benefits through the Selected Reserve Educational Assistance program (Chapter 1606), VEAP (Chapter 32), Non-Contributory VEAP (Section 903), and the New GI Bill-Active Duty Educational Assistance Program (Chapter 30). Assistance is also available for students who are children, spouses, widows, or widowers of veterans killed or 100% disabled while a member of the Armed Forces under Chapter 35. Students eligible for Vocational Rehabilitation through VA, Chapter 31, may have their 22-1905 processed through the Veterans Affairs Office. The enrollment process for applying for VA benefits is entirely separate from the College admission procedure and must be handled through the JSCC Veterans Affairs Office.
Students receiving VA benefits may elect to apply for a deferment of tuition and fees if they have not received their benefit check by the last day to complete payment. This deferment may be extended up to and including the end of the semester in which they made application.
Questions concerning VA Education Benefits or Eligibility Status: 1-888-442-4551
To be eligible for VA benefits a student must be degree-seeking or certificate seeking and pursuing an approved major.
Monthly certification for Montgomery GI Bill (Chapter 30) veterans should be completed by calling, 1-877-823-2378 or www.gibill.va.gov.
Departmental Information
Dewana Latimer, Director of Financial Aid Services
Barbara Williams, Financial Aid Officer/Veterans Affairs
Special Notice:
Eligibility for Deferment of Payment of Tuition and Fees by Certain Eligible Students Receiving U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs or Other Governmentally Funded Educational Assistance Benefits
Servicemembers, Veterans, and dependents of veterans who are eligible beneficiaries of U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs education benefits or other governmentally funded educational assistance, subject to the conditions and guidelines set forth in Tennessee Code Annotated 49-7-104 as amended, may elect, upon formal application, to defer payment of required tuition and fees until the final day of the term for which the deferment has been requested. Application for the deferment must be made no later than 14 days after the beginning of the term, and the amount of the deferment shall not exceed the total monetary benefits to be received for the term. Students who have been granted deferments are expected to make timely payments on their outstanding tuition and fees balance once education benefits are being delivered, and eligibility for such deferment shall terminate if the student fails to abide by any applicable rule or regulation, or to act in good faith in making timely payments. This notice is published pursuant to Public Chapter 279, Acts of 2003, effective July 1, 2003.