Post 9/11 GI Bill®, Veteran Readiness & Employment (VR&E), & Yellow Ribbon Awarding Policy
Created July 25, 2012, Updated August 1, 2025
Owned by Trish Johnson, Director of Financial Aid
Pursuant to Public Law 111-377, The College of St. Scholastica is specifically designating the following funds for the sole purpose of defraying tuition and fees. Thus, these amounts are deducted from the student's total reported tuition and fees. The College reserves the right to add to this list as new funds are created. The list is reviewed before each semester begins.
- Academic Plus Program Award
- Access Awards
- Adv Nsg Edu Work (ANEW) Grant/Adv Nursing Edu Grant ANEW 2
- Alumni Referral Scholarship
- BA Completion Discount
- Benedictine Scholarships
- Benedictine 2nd Degree Schol
- BHC Facility Discount
- BSBA Discount
- Catholic Educators Discount
- Catholic Referral Scholarship
- Clinical Agency Discount
- Continuing Student Award
- Cooperative Site Discount (Not applicable for 2025-26)
- COVID-19 Saints Succeed Award (GEO) (Not applicable for 2025-26)
- COVID-19 Saints Succeed Award (Trads) (Not applicable for 2025-26)
- CSS Alumni Discount
- CSS College Readiness Scholarship
- CSS Credit Overload Discount
- CSS Degree Completion Award
- CSS Discount (Trad/GEO)
- CSS Inclusion & Diversity Scholarship
- CSS Military Guard/Reserve Scholarship
- CSSYES Scholarship
- CLEAN Recovery Award (trad and GEO)
- First Class Scholarship
- Free Class Discount
- FYDP Scholarship
- Ge-naadamaagoyan - Native American Scholarship
- General Education Discount
- Horatio Alger Scholarship Match
- Leadership Award
- Legacy Award
- Meaningful Work Award 10% Discount
- Meaningful Work Award 15% Discount
- MN Dpt of Edu Student Support Personnel Workforce Pipeline School Social Work Grant
- Multiple Family Member Discount
- Music Scholarship
- Postgraduate Tuition Aid
- PTK Benedictine Scholarship
- Saints Award
- Saints Match Scholarship
- Saints Promise Scholarship
- Saints Succeed Scholarship
- Saints Succeed Award
- Senior Citizen Tuition Discount
- Sr. Mary Rochefort Community Scholarship
- Sr. Monica Laughlin Music Scholarship
- Sr. Tim Kirby Social Justice Scholarship
- St. Scholastica MOOC Discount
- Study Buddy Discount
- Summit Scholarships
- TAG Discount
- Tower Award
- Trio Scholarship
- Tuition Exchange Scholarship
- Tuition Remission
- We Believe in Saints Scholarship
- Youth Theology Institute Scholarship (Not applicable for 2025-26)
- Zenith City Music Fest Scholarship (Not applicable for 2025-26)
The Post 9-11 GI Bill ® annual cap (August 1- July 31) for the 2024-2025 school year is $28,937.09 and $29,920.95 for the 2025-2026 school year.
Yellow Ribbon
The Yellow Ribbon Program gives additional aid above the annual cap for those who qualify for 100% Post 9-11 GI Bill® with remaining months of eligibility. Per our Yellow Ribbon Program Agreement with the VA, starting August 1, 2025, there will not be a cap on the number of students granted the Yellow Ribbon Award; all VA-deemed eligible students will be granted Yellow Ribbon Awards.
The Yellow Ribbon Program is for those who qualify for 100% Post 9-11 GI Bill® with remaining months of eligibility. The VA determines eligibility for the Yellow Ribbon Award and months of entitlement. Once Post 9-11 GI Bill® months are used, Yellow Ribbon Award eligibility ends. No Yellow Ribbon money from the school will be paid until the student demonstrates they have remaining months of Post 9-11 GI Bill ®.
We do not have a separate application process for a Yellow Ribbon Award. A submitted Certificate of Eligibility listing 100% eligibility to our Certifying Official, with eligible months remaining, for the Post 9-11 GI Bill® is sufficient. The Financial Aid Office will request students provide either a Certificate of Eligibility or a Statement of Benefits each semester to verify the months remaining on Post 9-11 GI Bill® eligibility.
For those under the Yellow Ribbon Award eligibility, the yearly maximum CSS contribution is $12,000 for undergraduates and $5,000 for graduates (up to $7,000 for the 2025-26 school year). The VA matches the amount the school contributes, up to these amounts.
The Yellow Ribbon award amount depends on eligibility and their cost of tuition, fees, etc. during eligible months following the policy above. The VA will not pay for tuition covered under other aid that is set as tuition-specific (i.e., aid listed above). The Yellow Ribbon Award amount will be listed on the student’s bill and Financial Aid Award Letter.
Questions can be directed to vetbenefits@css.edu.