VETERAN EXEMPTION TO NON-RESIDENT TUITION RATE
UH System Office of Student Affairs, last updated 4/2/19
Complete and submit this form to your campus admissions and records office prior to the first day of instruction of
the term. Per University of Hawaii Board of Regents Policy RP 6.208 Board Exemptions to Non-Resident Tuition, the
student may be exempted from the non-resident tuition rate if the student is a/an:
(a) Veterans Post-9/11 GI Bill® (chapter 33) or Montgomery GI Bill® Active Duty (chapter 30) education benefits, who lives in
Hawaii, and enrolls at the University within three years of discharge from a period of active duty service of 90 days or
more, OR
(b) Individual using transferred Post-9/11 GI Bill® (chapter 33) education benefits who lives in Hawaii and enrolls at the
University within three years of the transferor’s discharge from a period of active duty service of 90 days or more, OR
(c) Individual using transferred Post-9/11 GI Bill® (chapter 33) education benefits, who lives in Hawaii, and whose transferor
is a member of the uniformed services who is serving on active duty, OR
(d) Individual using Post-9/11 GI Bill® (chapter 33) education benefits under the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry
Scholarship, who lives in Hawaii, and enrolls at the University within three years of the service member’s death in the line
of duty following a period of active duty service of 90 days or more, OR
(e) Individual using educational assistance under the Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&E) (chapter 31)
program and who lives in Hawaii.
STUDENT NAME:
Print Last Name, First Name, Middle Initial(s)
VETERAN’S NAME:
Print Last Name, First Name, Middle Initial(s)
Phone Number: UH ID No. or Birth Date:
UH Campus: School Term (semester/year):
Status (check one):
New Student (never attended UH)
Returning Student (previously attended UH and applying for readmission)
Continuing Student (currently enrolled)
Eligible for (see above):
(a) Veteran using Post-9/11 GI Bill® (chapter 33) or Montgomery GI Bill® Active Duty (chapter 30) education benefits.
(b) Individual using transferred Post-9/11 GI Bill
® (chapter 33) or Montgomery GI Bill® Active Duty (chapter 30) educational
benefits.
(c) Individual using transferred Post-9/11 GI Bill
® (chapter 33) educational benefits and whose transferor is a member of
the uniformed services who is serving on active duty.
(d) Individual using Post-9/11 GI Bill
® (chapter 33) educational benefits under the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry
Scholarship.
(e) Individual using educational assistance under the Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&E) (chapter 31)
program.
VETERAN EXEMPTION TO NON-RESIDENT TUITION RATE
UH System Office of Student Affairs, last updated 4/2/19
If eligible for the categories listed below, please submit the following documents:
CATEGORY
DOCUMENTS NEEDED
(a) Veterans Post-9/11 GI Bill® (chapter 33) or Montgomery GI Bill®
Active Duty (chapter 30) education benefits, who lives in Hawaii,
and enrolls at the University within three years of discharge from
a period of active duty service of 90 days or more.
VA Certificate of Eligibility (COE)
DD 214
(b) Individual using transferred Post-9/11 GI Bill® (chapter 33)
education benefits who lives in Hawaii and enrolls at the
University within three years of the transferor’s discharge from a
period of active duty service of 90 days or more.
VA Certificate of Eligibility (COE)
DD 214
(c) Individual using transferred Post-9/11 GI Bill® (chapter 33)
education benefits, who lives in Hawaii, and whose transferor is a
member of the uniformed services who is serving on active duty.
VA Certificate of Eligibility (COE)
Military Orders
(d) Individual using Post-9/11 GI Bill® (chapter 33) education
benefits under the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry
Scholarship, who lives in Hawaii, and enrolls at the University
within three years of the service member’s death in the line of
duty following a period of active duty service of 90 days or more.
VA Certificate of Eligibility (COE)
DD 1300
(e) Individual using educational assistance under the Vocational
Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&E) (chapter 31) program
and who lives in Hawaii.
VA Form 28-1905 (signed by VR&E
counselor)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
VR&E Recipients: I will continue to be exempt from paying non-resident tuition OR maintain veteran exemption
status as long as I am eligible to use OR as long as I am receiving educational assistance under the Vocational
Rehabilitation and Employment program.
Post-9/11 and Fry Scholarship Recipients: I will continue to be exempt from paying non-resident tuition OR
maintain veteran exemption status as long as I remain continuously enrolled (other than regularly scheduled breaks
between courses, semesters, or summer terms) at UH. If I have a break in attendance (stop-out), I understand that
I must re-apply and re-qualify for the exemption within the three years of discharge or service member’s death (Fry
Scholarship). The re-enrollment date shall be the first day of instruction of the re-enrollment term.
Student’s Signature: Date: