Public Colleges MUST Award Credit for Your MOS Training
CGS 10a-149d requires UConn and the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities to award college credit for military occupational specialty training. It is mandatory rather than discretionary, and there is no wartime test — any discharge other than dishonorable qualifies.
Verified August 27, 2026
What this benefit is
CGS 10a-149d requires UConn and the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities to award college credit for military occupational specialty training. It is mandatory rather than discretionary, and there is no wartime test — any discharge other than dishonorable qualifies.
What it's worth: Mandatory college credit for military occupational specialty training
- The award of credit is MANDATORY on UConn and the CSCU institutions, not discretionary.
- The credit is for military occupational specialty training the institution recognises.
- There is no wartime test, unlike Connecticut's tuition waiver. Any discharge other than dishonorable qualifies.
- Credit reduces both what you pay and how long you study, so it behaves like tuition money.
- How much credit depends on your specialty and your programme, so no figure is published.
Who is entitled to it
- You served in the U.S. armed forces.
- Your discharge was other than dishonorable.
- You are in Connecticut.
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How to claim it
Deadline: Before enrolling- 1Ask the registrar to award credit under CGS 10a-149d before you enrol — credit awarded after you have paid for a course does not refund it.
- 2Take your Joint Services Transcript. That is what maps the specialty to coursework.
- 3If told it is discretionary, it is not — the statute requires the award. Cite the section.
- 4Ask which credits count toward YOUR degree. Credit that does not apply to your programme is worth nothing to you.
- 5This has no wartime test, so apply even if Connecticut's tuition waiver is closed to you.
- Form
- The institution's credit-for-prior-learning process
- File with
- Your UConn or CSCU registrar
- Documents you will need
- dd214
- No renewal
- Once granted it does not need renewing.
Sources
- authority · published policyConnecticut OLR 2022-R-0155 (CGS 10a-149d, PA 21-79, PA 21-132)
- operating · published policyConnecticut State Colleges and Universities
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