{"id":2039,"date":"2023-02-28T14:36:57","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T14:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/financial-aid\/?page_id=2039"},"modified":"2023-02-28T16:09:33","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T16:09:33","slug":"isaksonandroe","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/financial-aid\/va-benefits\/isaksonandroe\/","title":{"rendered":"Isakson and Roe Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most answers to questions concerning your individual benefits and certifications can be found at the <a href=\"https:\/\/benefits.va.gov\/gibill\/\">VA\u2019s GI Bill\u00ae page<\/a>. The <a href=\"http:\/\/department-of-veterans-affairs.github.io\/gi-bill-comparison-tool\/\">GI Bill\u00ae Comparison Tool<\/a> provides information about college affordability and brings together information from more than 17 different online sources and three federal agencies, including the number of students receiving VA education benefits at each school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/benefits.va.gov\/gibill\/isaksonroe.asp\"><em>Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020<\/em><\/a> requires institutions to provide certain information to students who will be receiving educational assistance through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Institutions must provide personalized information to individuals who will be using benefits under chapters 30, 31, 32, 33, or 35 of title 38, U.S.C., or chapter 1606 of title 10, U.S.C. Most of the required information is contained on Macalester\u2019s website and on the financial aid eligibility notification that is sent directly to each student prior to the start of each academic year.&nbsp;However, some of the information is found elsewhere. We have provided links to all of the information for your convenience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Estimated total cost of the course that includes tuition, fees, books, supplies, and any other additional costs<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/financial-aid\/tuition\/\">Cost of Attendance<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Estimated cost of living expenses<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/financial-aid\/tuition\/\">Estimated Costs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Other types of federal financial aid not administered by VA that is offered by the institution, that the individual may be qualified to receive<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.macalester.edu\/content.php?catoid=23&amp;navoid=2082#Types_of_Assistance\">Types of Aid<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Estimated amou<\/strong>nt of student loan debt the individual would have upon graduation<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/financial-aid\/loans\/studentloansatmac\/distributionofdebt\/dentloansatmac\/avgdebt\/\">Macalester Average Loan Debt<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Information regarding graduation rates<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Graduation_Rates.pdf\">Macalester Graduate Rates<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Information regarding job-placement rates for graduates, if available<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/after-macalester\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/CE-Class-of-2021-After-Macalester-4-1-2.pdf\">First Destinations<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Information regarding the acceptance of transfer credits including military credits<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/admissions\/us-admissions\/transfer\/faq\/\">Transfer FAQ\u2019s<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most answers to questions concerning your individual benefits and certifications can be found at the VA\u2019s GI Bill\u00ae page. The GI Bill\u00ae Comparison Tool provides information about college affordability and brings together information from more than 17 different online sources and three federal agencies, including the number of students receiving VA education benefits at each [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":0,"parent":2021,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2039","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2039"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2059,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2039\/revisions\/2059"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}