Wharton County Junior College
is approved by the Texas Workforce Commission for VA
educational benefits for veterans and children and spouses
of veterans (Chapters 30, 32, 35, and 106, Title 38, U.S.
Code).
Students who are veterans may
receive assistance from the Financial Aid Office in applying
for benefits. To expedite payment of benefits, veterans
should contact the Financial Aid Office at least 30 days
prior to the first class day of each term to complete all
necessary paper work for that period of study.
Selection of Courses:
Veterans receive monthly payments for their entitlement
based on the course work for which they enroll. Caution
should be given to the selection of courses, making certain
that each course undertaken meets the requirements for
payment. The following are requirements for courses to be
eligible for payment:
1. Each course must be a
requirement for graduation in a degree program.
2. No course may be taken
for audit.
3. No course may be a repeat
of a course for which credit has already been received.
4. Each course must be
completed and assigned a grade that is used to compute GPA
and progress toward degree.
Withdrawals without
mitigating circumstances that result in no credit being
awarded or no punitive grade being assigned results in
benefits being terminated from the beginning date of the
semester, thus creating an over-award and possible repayment
to the Veterans Administration.
Academic Requirements:
To remain in good standing (not on probation), a student
must earn a 2.0 GPA each semester. To insure satisfactory
progress, transcripts of veterans are monitored at the end
of each semester. Should a veteran complete two semesters
with a GPA below 2.0, he or she is issued a warning notice.
The notice states that the veteran is not maintaining
satisfactory progress and may find it impossible to earn the
required 2.0 GPA for graduation. Students who receive this
notice are encouraged to re-examine their educational
objectives, course load, etc., to improve their academic
record. If a veteran should fail to earn a 2.0 GPA in any
following semester, certification is terminated until the
veteran raises his or her cumulative GPA to 2.0 or the
Veterans Administration Regional Office authorizes
recertification.
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