Veteran Services

Dana Woods is the Lee College Counselor who will help students receive veteran educational benefits. She can be contacted through the Lee College Counseling Center or by e-mail at dwoods@lee.edu. More information on veteran benefits may also be found at the Veteran’s Administration’s web site.

For students with the Montgomery GI Bill or other federal educational programs, follow these steps:

1. Fill out a Lee College Admissions Application.
2. Fill out a VA Benefits Application, available in the Counseling Center.
3. If you have not received benefits from another college or university,
• Bring a copy of your DD-214 form to the VA Counselor at Lee College.
4. If you have received benefits from another college or university,
• Complete a change of program or change in place of training form with the VA Counselor at Lee College.
5. Register for classes.
6. “Certify Eligibility” by contacting the VA Counselor at Lee College.

For Texas Residents who have used all VA educational benefits (Montgomery GI Bill) or students who have never contributed to VA Benefits, consider applying for benefits under the Hazlewood Act. To determine your eligibility for a waiver of tuition and certain fees, the following information must be submitted to the Lee College Financial Aid Office at least two weeks before registration:

1. A signed and dated copy of your income tax form from the previous year – 1040, 1040A or 1040EZ. (Students with at least 90 semester credit hours already attempted are not required to provide this information)
2. A completed Hazlewood application, available in the Counseling Center.
3. A copy of your DD214 indicating:
   1. Texas as your Home of Record,
   2. An honorable discharge, and
   3. That at least 10 years has elapsed since your discharge/separation date. (If 10 years has not elapsed, you must provide a statement from the VA regional office showing that your VA educational benefits are exhausted or that you did not contribute to the VEAP program.)
4. A completed “Request for Record of Credit Hours” form from any other institution of higher education that you may have previously attended. (You are limited to 150 semester credit hours taken under the Hazlewood Act Exemption.)