TA requests must be approved by supervisor by term start date

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JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. --  All tuition assistance requests must be approved by the requesting member's supervisor via the Air Force Virtual Education Center (AFVEC) link by the school's term start date.  Any TA not approved by the supervisor will be auto-deleted, and a notification will be sent to the student. 

In the past, supervisors could approve TA after the course start date and the member would still get TA. Now supervisors have to approve it before the Class start date or the member will not receive TA.

This change only affects the supervisor's approval deadline.  Thus, if the base education office has received the final approval, the TA will not be auto deleted

EXAMPLE: 

- Student requests TA with a course start date of May 1, 2015.
- The supervisor approves the request on April 28 (the TA is for CCAF degree). So, the final approval is the base education office. 
- But, the base education office does not approve the request by May 1.
- However, this TA request will still be available for use, as it was approved by the supervisor by the term start date.

Students will be notified that their request was deleted due to the supervisor not approving the request by the start date. 

And students will be reminded if they remain in that class, they will be responsible for paying for it.  New TA requests must adhere to the normal requesting policies.

For more information, contact your unit education and training office.