{"id":58,"date":"2025-01-27T10:43:04","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T15:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/veterans-draft\/?page_id=58"},"modified":"2025-01-27T12:08:06","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T17:08:06","slug":"stap-waiver","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/veterans\/benefits\/stap-waiver\/","title":{"rendered":"STAP Waiver"},"content":{"rendered":"<a class=\"cl-button   prominent\" href=\"https:\/\/vets.ri.gov\/i-am-find-your-benefits\/world-war-ii-korean-war-veteran\/state-tuition-assistance-program\" title=\"\">Stap Program description<\/a>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:51px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>State Tuition Assistance Program\u00a0(STAP)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The RI National Guard State Tuition Assistance Program (STAP) provides a tuition waiver for current National Guard members at RI\u2019s public colleges and universities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Services<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Up to five tuition free classes per (fall or spring) semester at RI\u2019s public colleges and universities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fees and books must be paid by the military member.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The waiver can be used in conjunction with&nbsp;GI Bill\u00ae.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Eligibility<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Army and Air National Guard service members (enlisted and officer) who are pursuing an Associate, Bachelor, or Masters Degree from CCRI, RIC, and URI.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Service members must be in good standing and not be flagged for adverse action.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Guard members must have one year military commitment at end of class for every 12 credits.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Guard member\u2019s ETS must be after end of class date.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-boxout-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-boxout  \"><h1>Online STAP Waiver Process:<\/h1>\n\n<p>Student must register for classes first<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contact your Education Liaison for the (online)&nbsp;Fillable STAP Waiver<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Complete the&nbsp;Fillable STAP Waiver&nbsp;form<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You will list your classes for the upcoming semester<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>**&nbsp;Please include your&nbsp;URI ID<strong> <\/strong># on the STAP form&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Submit completed form to ANG or ARNG Education Liaison<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Education Liaison will&nbsp;digitally sign&nbsp;on their end and send&nbsp;back to the student<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You will then send the signed form to:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/veterans\/stap-waiver\/nationalguard-group@uri.edu\">nationalguard-group@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State Tuition Assistance Program\u00a0(STAP) The RI National Guard State Tuition Assistance Program (STAP) provides a tuition waiver for current National Guard members at RI\u2019s public colleges and universities. Services: Eligibility:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4686,"featured_media":0,"parent":21,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-58","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4686"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":160,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58\/revisions\/160"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}