Veterans Services

Getting Started

If you have applied to the college and received a RaiderNet account, please submit a Request for Certification as soon as possible so Roane State Veteran Services can help you with obtaining and utilizing your earned GI Bill® educational benefits and achieve your educational goals. You will be prompted to enter your RSCC (RaiderNet) username & password.
If you are not yet received a RaiderNet account, create a Dynamic Forms account, and submit a Request for Certification form. Please remember this username and password as it will be used to submit and sign additional paperwork until you receive a RaiderNet account.

Please For any addtional inquiries, please email vets@roanestate.edu.

GI Bill® Education Programs

The category of benefits you may receive will depend upon when you served, your length of service, and other factors. You must be admitted to the college in a degree or certificate-seeking program to receive benefits.

Assistance including tuition and fees, books, supplies, and housing stipend depends upon your Letter of Eligibility rating from the VA.

To see an overview of available education programs, visit the GI Bill® website.

To ask VA a question, to log on to e-benefits, to see frequently asked questions, and to explore in more detail the VA GI Bill® benefits, visit the Veteran's Education Website.

Steps for Receiving Benefits for Service Members, Veterans & their Dependents

Submit an online VA education application:

If you are a Veteran or service member choose one of the following GI Bill® applications at www.vets.gov
- VA Form 22-1990 (veterans applying for education benefits, chapters 30, 33, and 1606)
- VA Form 22-1990E (dependents applying for transferred benefits, chapter 33)
- VA Form 22-5490 (dependents applying for dependent educational assistance, chapter 35)
- VA Form 22-1995 (change of place/programs, chapter 30, 33, 1606, and 1607)
- VA Form 22-1990N (candidates for the National Call to Service program)
- VA Form 22-5495 (change of place/program, chapter 35)
Provide me with a copy of your Certificate of Eligibility (COE) from the VA (may take 2 months to receive COE in the mail after electronic submission).
For Chapters 30, 31, 33 & 35, provide me with a copy of yours’ or your sponsors’ DD 214 (Copy 4 – which includes the type of discharge at the bottom).
Provide me with a copy of your class schedule. VA only approves and pays for credits that are in your curriculum of study and listed under your declared major.
If you are a chapter 1606 or 30 Service Member or Veteran, you must verify your attendance at the end of each month by calling 1-877-823-2378 or on the Web Automated Verification of Enrollment (WAVE) website.
While you are waiting for your VA application to be processed, begin the RSCC admission steps below.

Steps for Becoming an RSCC Student

Follow the Military Veterans or Dependents Personalized Admissions Process Checklist

Additional Financial Assistance to Supplement the GI Bill®

Helping Heroes Grant Information
tn.gov College Pays
Eligible Veterans classified as out-of-state students will pay in-state tuition and fees. See Eligibility Details
Eligibility for Deferment of Payment of Tuition and Fees - Deferment forms are available at all campus locations and a new form must be completed for each term. No deferments will be processed after the first day of class.
Apply for a RSCC Foundation Scholarships

Receive College Credit from Military Training

Did you know you may qualify for college from your military training? Learn about Prior Learning Military Credit which can be awarded upon school approval.

See even more ways to earn credit from experiences and training.

Contact me for help with college credit.

VA Funding Information

Any covered individual will be able to attend or participate in the course of education during the period beginning on the date on which the individual provides to the educational institution a certificate of eligibility for entitlement to educational assistance under chapter 31 or 33 (a “certificate of eligibility” can also include a “Statement of Benefits” obtained from the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) website – eBenefits, or a VAF 28-1905 form for chapter 31 authorization purposes) and ending on the earlier of the following dates:

The date on which payment from VA is made to the institution.
90 days after the date the institution certified tuition and fees following the receipt of the certificate of eligibility.

Roane State Community College will not impose any penalty, including the assessment of late fees, the denial of access to classes, libraries, or other institutional facilities, or the requirement that a covered individual borrow additional funds, on any covered individual because of the individual’s inability to meet his or her financial obligations to the institution due to the delayed disbursement funding from VA under chapter 31 or 33.

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