VERIFY ATTENDANCE OR ENROLLMENT

There are three options to verify your enrollment at Indian River State College.

Verify Via Text Message

• Opt in: If you have a U.S. mobile phone number, you can use text messages as a simple, quick option for verifying monthly enrollment.
  1. As your enrollment approaches, you will receive the following opt-in text: “Post-9/11 GI Bill® housing and kicker payments now require monthly enrollment verification. Would you like to submit yours via text? Reply ‘YES’ or ‘NO’.”
  2. Did you remain enrolled in your courses in Month/Year as certified? Reply ‘YES’ or ‘NO.’
  3. The text message link will expire 14 days after receipt, so respond within that time frame.
• Verify: After opting in, you can verify your enrollment every month.
  1. Each month, you will receive the following text message from VA: “Did you remain enrolled in your courses in MONTH YYYY as certified? Reply ‘YES’ or ‘NO’.”
  2. If you have dropped all your courses, you must reply “NO”.”
  3. Reply “YES” to verify enrollment for the previous month.

Enrollment verification via text message is safe and secure. VA will never ask for your personal information, such as Social Security number or bank account information, via text.

VA strongly recommends text message verification for verifying your enrollment. 

Verify Via Email

If you choose not to receive text messages or you don’t use texting, the VA will email you instead to verify your enrollment each month. You must respond to the email each month to verify your enrollment. 

Verify Via Telephone

If you are unable to verify via text or email, you will need to contact the Education Call Center (ECC) at 1-888-GIBILL-1 (1-888-442-4551) and ask a representative to verify your enrollment. 

NOTE: ECC wait times may be high due to the number of students verifying enrollment each month.

If you’re not sure if VA has your phone number and/or email on file, you can also contact the ECC to update your contact information and ensure you can verify via text or email.