Yellow Ribbon School

Lyon College is a military friendly school.

The College was recently named a Yellow Ribbon school for 2011-2012. The Yellow Ribbon GI Education Enhancement Program (Yellow Ribbon Program) is a provision of the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008. The program allows higher learning institutions to enter into an agreement with the Department of Veterans Affairs to fund tuition expenses. The institution can contribute up to 50 percent of those expenses and VA will match the same amount as the institution.

Lyon must agree to provide contributions to individuals who apply for the program on a first-come, first-served basis, provide contributions during the current academic year and all subsequent academic years, make contributions toward the program on behalf of the individual in the form of a grant or scholarship and state the dollar amount that will be contributed for each participant during the academic year.

Lyon's maximum contribution amount is $7,544 per student, per year.

The Post-9/11 GI Bill pays up to the highest public in-state undergraduate tuition. The student's tuition and fees may exceed that amount if they are attending a private institution, such as Lyon. If they are enrolled at a Yellow Ribbon participating institution and the tuition and fees exceed the highest public in-state undergraduate tuition, additional funds may be available for their education program without an additional charge to their entitlement.

Institutions that voluntarily enter into a Yellow Ribbon Agreement with VA choose the amount of tuition and fees that will be contributed. VA will match that amount and issue payment directly to the institution.

Only individuals entitled to the maximum benefit rate may receive the funding. Eligibility requirements include they must have served an aggregate period of active duty after September 10, 2001, of at least 36 months and they were honorably discharged from active duty for a service connected disability and they served 30 continuous days after September 10, 2001. They can also be a dependent eligible for Transfer of Entitlement under the Post-9/11 GI Bill based on a veteran's service under the eligibility criteria listed above.