(a) The National Guard Tuition Waiver will only be awarded for programs leading to an undergraduate degree.
(b) Eligible soldiers and airmen may use the National Guard Tuition Waiver until completion of a bachelor's degree or for a maximum of one hundred twenty (120) semester credit hours, whichever comes first.
(c) The National Guard Tuition Waiver will only cover tuition and, subject to the availability of funds, mandatory fees.
(d) The soldier or airman is responsible for all other costs, such as mandatory fees not covered by the waiver, additional fees, room and board, textbooks, and other expenses.
(e) The National Guard Tuition Waiver will not be applied to courses completed in a prior semester.
(f) Soldiers and airmen enrolled in high school and college concurrently are not eligible for the tuition waiver.
(g)(1) The National Guard Tuition Waiver may be awarded to exclusively online degree programs where the degree-offering institution is associated with a state-supported institution of higher education.
(2) The associated state-supported institution must be recognized by the Division of Higher Education as an accredited public institution of higher learning.
(h) The National Guard Tuition Waiver may be used concurrently at more than one institution, provided it is in pursuit of a single Bachelor's degree and both institutions are NGTW eligible.
(1) Examples include prerequisite or core level courses at an eligible satellite or community college in addition to a primary campus.
(2) In such cases, the Education and Incentives Branch may coordinate with the institution to confirm eligibility. Semester hour limits shall include all hours pursued using NGTW at each campus.
