I put in a request to take a course next month with the education office on base, and I received an e-mail notifying me that TA may not be approved for next month due to a shortage of funding. Does anyone know if this will change? I know schools are getting expensive, but I don't like thinking that TA is going to start to become hard to get. Not a good situation for me...
The word I got on Friday was they are working on all courses that had a start date of 1-31 Oct, but could not approve anything that starts outside of those dates.
I know it has to do with funding, but my guess is that the money will start flowing pretty soon.
Master Chief Brayman hit the nail on the head; this happens every year due to the end of the FY. Prior to the signing of the budget, TA gets kinda quirky. Does your class start in the beginning of Nov or towards the end?
"engage your ESO or CMC with that question. I know that I passed the answer you are asking about a week ago.
Remember it is the shift in fiscal year so that is why there is always a hiccup every year at the same time. The key...plan ahead."
If this is an ongoing annual problem, could the Coast Guard set up the budget for an overlap of TA? Perhaps Mutual Assistance could provide no-interest loans and the TA program could reimburse Mutual Assistance if and when the TA portion of the budget gets approved?
Tuition Assistance is a very important program and will facilitates the education of some of the most highly motivated members in the USCG.
