The Lincoln Times

Korean Vet Students Will Get Checks Before Yule Holidays

Most veterans in school under the Korean GI bill will get their monthly GI allowance checks before they go home for Christmas, under a pre-holiday speed-up system announced by the Veterans Administration.

Normally, VA said, the checks are mailed around the 20th of the month. In December, however, many schools and colleges start their Christmas vacations on that date or earlier. So for that reason, VA will make every effort to get the checks out beforehand.

The speed-up system works this way:

Whenever possible, VA Regional Offices will rush the steps they have to take to authorize GI allowance payments for veterans in school under the Korean GI Bill.

Also, when practicable, the Regional Office may make arrangements with Treasury Department Disbursing Offices which actually issue the checks - for earlier-than-usual distribution of the GI allowances.

The law calls for payments to be made sometime after the end of each month of training completed. But before a payment can be authorized, the veteran and his school must submit a certificate to VA, stating that he had been in training status all month.

Checks usually are mailed on the 20th of the month following the month of training-provided VA gets the certifications on time.

Checks mailed in December - covering GI training for the month of November will beat this deadline whenever possible, VA said. VA emphasized that there may be some exceptional cases in which it may not be possible to make payments ahead of time. In most cases, veterans will receive their checks before the Christmas vacation.