Reforming Education for Veterans Act
Sponsored By: Representative Rep. James, John [R-MI-10]
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Summary
Gives veterans and service members clearer, more flexible paths for handling education when called to duty while tightening school compliance and notice rules. The bill expands the actions a covered member can take during a period of covered service and updates VA rules for how schools report and are notified about compliance changes.
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- Veterans and service members: Provides three formal options when ordered into covered service — withdraw, take a leave, or enter an agreement with the school to finish a course. The agreement option is allowed only if the student has completed at least 50 percent of the course.
- Schools and school certifying officials: Lets a multi-campus institution complete a single annual VA compliance survey if one school certifying official covers all campuses. It also changes survey notice timing to up to 15 business days for schools using a time-stamp database and up to 10 business days for other schools.
- Department of Veterans Affairs and oversight: Requires the VA to notify all school certifying officials within 14 business days after updating the certifying-official handbook and adds clearer definitions and a revised section heading to the law.
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More school options during military service
If enacted, service members using VA education benefits could choose what to do when they get orders. You could withdraw, take a leave from school, or, if you finished at least half of a course, sign an agreement with your school to finish it. Any agreement would have to meet your school’s standards.
Simpler VA surveys and faster notices
If enacted, the VA would streamline yearly compliance surveys for schools. A multi-campus school would complete one survey if one certifying official handles all campuses. VA would give up to 15 business days’ notice to schools that use a time-stamp database, and up to 10 business days to others. VA would notify all school certifying officials within 14 business days after updating the handbook, and it would use standard legal definitions.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Rep. James, John [R-MI-10]
MI • R
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
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