Guest Students

VA Education Benefit Beneficiaries can satisfy graduation requirements for their primary school with supplemental or concurrent coursework completed at a secondary school. The school awarding the degree and maintaining the students VA file is called the Parent School (primary school), and the school that the coursework is supplemented at is called the Guest School (secondary school). If you are taking courses at the Parent School and the Guest School at the same time with overlapping enrollment times, the VA will take the combined pursuit rate of both schools into consideration when calculating your monthly stipend amount. 

Guest Students

You are considered a guest student if you are primarily attending another college or university and supplementing your course requirements here at Solano. All courses taken at Solano using the Parent/Guest School process must be approved by your Parent School. Complete the following steps to have your enrollment at Solano certified to the VA:

• Complete Application for Admission Online to obtain Username, Password, & SCC Student ID Number
• Establish Priority Registration – Submit proof of service, a copy of the parent school education plan (if it's a California school), and a Priority Registration Request Form to the Veteran Resource Center.
• Submit unofficial transcripts to the Veterans Resource Center for prerequisite clearance (if applicable)
• Register for the course(s)
• Contact your primary school's Veterans Resource Center to request that they send a Parent School Letter Approval to the Solano Community College Veterans Resource Center, veterans@solano.edu. To ensure document authenticity we can only accept Parent School Letters sent directly to the Veterans Resource Center from your parent school.

Once a Parent School Letter is submitted to the Solano Community College Veterans Resource Center we will certify the approved course(s) to the VA. Upon completion of the course(s) the student is responsible for providing transcripts to the Parent School so you can be awarded transfer credit.

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Parent School Students

You will consider Solano Community College to be your parent school If you are pursuing a degree through Solano Community College and need to supplement your graduation requirements with courses from another school at the same time as attending Solano. Any course that you take at a guest school need to be transferable into Solano Community College AND be required for graduation or transfer under an approved program or articulation agreement. 

• Apply for admission to the guest school
• Coordinate with the guest school to clear any prerequisite requirements and obtain priority registration.
• Register for the course(s)
• Complete the Parent School Letter Request Form
• Obtain a schedule from the guest school showing that you are registered for the class
• Obtain the course description from the schools catalog
• Submit the Priority Registration Request Form, Schedule, and Course Description to the Solano Community College Veterans Resource Center for processing. 

Once a Parent School Letter Request form is received, the Solano Community College Veterans Resource Center will evaluate the course to ensure it's approved under your current education plan, generate a Parent School Letter, and request that the Guest School certify your enrollment to the VA.