For Veterans & Dependents

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Additional Information

• Copies of any written communication to the student from the VA must be provided to the Veterans Certifying Official. This includes information concerning remaining eligibility, the percentage of tuition coverage, payment or overpayment of benefits.
• If you are interested in attending another school while enrolled at Mines, you must go to the Registrar’s Office to request a parent institution letter.
• According to Colorado law, institutions of higher education must verify that all enrolled students receiving benefits must verify lawful presence within the United States. If you are asked to do this, your military ID will suffice. You will only be asked to complete this verification once. We apologize for any inconvenience.
• You may be asked to show your Social Security card if your Social Security Number was not provided on your Admissions application.
• Remember each term to confirm your attendance via Trailhead.
• In all cases, if information is missing, you will receive a request for information from the Registrar’s Office. Thank you for your cooperation with these requests.
• Colorado School of Mines does not participate in the Yellow Ribbon Program.

To obtain the status of your claim:

(888) GI-BILL-1
(888)442-4551
Monday- Friday
6:00am – 4:00pm

Or send an electronic inquiry:
(24 hours a day, 7 days a week)
www.gibill.va.gov

If you are eligible to receive benefits under the Post-9/11 GI Bill® (Chapter 33), your tuition and fees payments are sent directly to the school. Housing allowance, kickers, and books stipends are sent directly to eligible students.

Colorado HB-1039

Beginning with the 2009-10 academic year, House Bill 09-1039 requires higher education institutions to adopt a policy granting honorably discharged military members in-state tuition status and allows such institutions to grant in-state tuition status for dependents of an honorably discharged military service member when the military member moves to Colorado. Those granted in-state tuition status under the act must maintain residency in Colorado and become eligible to receive a stipend from the College Opportunity Fund starting with the 2011-12 academic year. Under current law, enlisted members of the military who are stationed in Colorado may receive the resident tuition rate for themselves or their dependents, while all others, including honorably discharged veterans, who move to Colorado must wait 12 months before becoming eligible for in-state tuition status.

Under HB 09-1039, members of the military and their spouses and dependents do not lose in-state tuition status if the military member retires or separates from the military and remains in Colorado. In addition, in instances where a dependent of an active-duty military member receives in-state tuition status based on the fact that the military member was on active duty in Colorado during the dependents last year of high school, the dependent maintains in-state status under the bill if the military service member transfers out of Colorado or retires or separates from the military and remains in Colorado.

GI Bill® is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). More information about education benefits offered by VA is available at the official U.S. government Web site at https://www.benefits.va.gov/gibill.