{"id":3997,"date":"2022-03-03T16:55:55","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T16:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.computerscience.org\/?p=3997"},"modified":"2023-10-03T20:33:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T20:33:04","slug":"bootcamps-resources-gi-bill-coding-bootcamps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.computerscience.org\/bootcamps\/resources\/gi-bill-coding-bootcamps\/","title":{"rendered":"Can You Use the GI Bill\u00ae for Coding Bootcamps?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The GI Bill makes education more accessible to eligible veterans and their families, plus active-duty personnel. The GI Post-9\/11 Bill awarded over $20 billion in benefits<\/a> to around 773,000 people since August 2009. However, the GI Bill includes many stipulations regarding when and how veterans may draw upon these benefits. Luckily, the GI Bill can apply to some bootcamp expenses.<\/p>\r\n

A newer development in education, coding bootcamps teach practical, in-demand skills in the tech sector. Intensive career preparation bootcamps can lead to positions in software development, web development, cybersecurity, and data science. Bootcamps can last from several weeks to a year. These programs may use fewer GI Bill benefits compared to degrees.<\/p>\r\n

Bootcamps can provide a fast turnaround time, which may appeal to veterans looking to pursue new careers quickly. This guide covers how to use the GI Bill and other military benefits to pay for bootcamps and jumpstart a career in tech.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n

What Is the GI Bill?<\/h2>\r\n

Congress passed the GI Bill to provide financial and educational aid to U.S. veterans. The first form of the bill passed as The Servicemen's Readjust Act of 1944 to help veterans reintegrate into society at the end of WWII.<\/p>\r\n

Around that time, only the wealthy could afford higher education. However, veterans accounted for 49% of incoming college students<\/a> by 1947. The original GI Bill ended in 1956, but not before the program allowed 7.8 million WWII veterans to pursue education or training.<\/p>\r\n

Mississippi representative Gillespie Montgomery introduced an updated version of the bill in 1984, now known as the Montgomery GI Bill. The GI Bill saw another major update in 2008 called the Post-9\/11 Bill that applies to veterans who served in active duty after September 11, 2001.<\/p>\r\n

The most recent version, the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act<\/a>, otherwise known as the Forever GI Bill, passed in 2017. Current personnel, veterans, or dependents may qualify for the Post-9\/11 Bill or the Forever GI Bill, depending on when they served and other eligibility requirements.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Post-9\/11 GI Bill<\/h3>\r\n

The Post-9\/11 GI Bill<\/a> applies to veterans who actively served anytime from September 11, 2001, to December 31, 2012. To be eligible, you must fulfill one or more of these requirements on or after 9\/11:<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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