| RPO Conference Agenda |
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8:00 am - 5:00 pm                 Registration/Check-in Sign in and register for conference-Training for New Certifying Officials
8:30 am - 9:30 am                 Duties of SCO's/Compliance Surveys 9:45 am - 11:30 am               Education Benefit Programs & Basic Forms Completion 11:30 am - 12:45 pm             Lunch on your own 12:45 pm - 1:45 pm               Measurement & Pay 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm               VAONCE Basic Training Dinner on your own Wednesday, March 21, 2012 7:30 am - 8:30 am                 Continental Breakfast Provided 8:30 am - 8:45 am                 Welcome and Opening Ceremony Director Atlanta RPO 8:45 am - 9:00 am                 Atlanta RPO Update Education Officer9:00 am - 10:00 am              VACO Update Director Education Service 10:00 am - 10:30 am              Break 10:30 am - 11:30 am             National Education Call Center, RNW, Customer Service Issues 11:30 am - 1:00 pm                Lunch Provided 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm                 State Meetings with associations, ELR, and SAA 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm                  Break 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm                 Question and Answer 6:00 pm - 11:00 pm               Be True to your School! (Social event)
 Thursday, March 22, 2012 7:30 am - 8:30 am                 Breakfast provided Two Concurrent sessions for IHL's and NCD's separately 8:30 am- 10:00 am              Specific Topics of the Post 9/11 GIBILL & Improvements Act 10:00 am - 10:30 am               Break 10:30 am - 11:30                 Specific Topics of the Post 9/11 GIBILL & Improvements Act These sessions will include comprehensive information on all aspects of CH 33 processing, including reporting requirements, payments made to schools and students, entitlement charges, rate of pursuit calculations, independent study, certifying tuition and fees and Yellow Ribbon. Changes as a result of the Post 9/11 Improvements Act will be covered with respect to "programs deemed approved" and NCD schools and CH 33.  11:30 am - 1:00 pm        Lunch on your own 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm          Concurrent sessions each repeated 4 times  1. VAONCE Resource Room 2.  You Ask/We Answer (General Q&A) 3. Voc Rehab/CH 33 Concurrent Benefits 4. CH 35 and Fry Scholarship Friday, March 22, 2012 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm                Concurrent Break-out session 2:15 pm - 3:00 pm                 Concurrent Break-out session 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm                 Break 3:30 pm - 4:15 pm                 Concurrent Break-out sessions 4:15 pm - 5:00 pm                 Concurrent Break-out session
8:30 am- 11:30 am                Joint Session with Bursars & Certifying Officials CH 33 Fiscal issues to include returning money to VA, debts\over-payments on schools and students, responsibilities of Business Offices, responsibilities of VA certifying Officials 11:30 am - 12:00                  Final Q& A and Conference Wrap-up  |