The GI Bills can be used to pay for a variety of education and training programs, but there are restrictions on where or how the benefits can be used. You may not receive benefits for the following courses:
Bartending and personality development courses.
Nonaccredited independent study courses.
Any course given by radio.
Self-improvement courses such as reading, speaking, woodworking, basic seamanship, and English as a second language.
Farm cooperative courses.
Audited courses.
Courses paid in whole or in part by the military tuition assistance or other armed forces program.
Courses that are recreational in character.
Courses that don’t lead to an educational, professional, or vocational objective.
Courses you’ve taken before and successfully completed.
Courses you take as a federal employee under the Government Employees’ Training Act.
