VA Education Oversight Improvement Act
Sponsored By: Representative Mackenzie, Ryan [R-PA-7]
In Committee
Summary
Expanded oversight of VA-approved education programs, covering third-party contractors and foreign program sites. This bill would extend VA review to any location where an approved course or program is offered and add advertising, marketing, recruiting, and enrollment practices to the scope of oversight.
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- Veterans and students: Would bring programs they use with GI Bill benefits under closer review, including foreign campuses and third-party instructional locations.
- Colleges and third-party contractors: Would face VA oversight of their third-party providers and more scrutiny of advertising, marketing, recruiting, and enrollment practices.
- State approving agencies and the VA: The Secretary's authority to recognize State approving agencies would continue until Oct 1, 2028. After that date, references to the State approving agency would, for that State, refer to the Secretary.
- VA leadership and Congress: Requires an annual assessment by Oct 1 each year through 2028 and a report with the Secretary's recommendations to the House and Senate Veterans' Affairs Committees.
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More VA oversight of education
If enacted, this bill would expand VA oversight to third-party contractors that work with VA-approved schools. The VA and State approving agencies would review advertising, marketing, recruiting, and enrollment practices and any site where an approved program is offered, including locations in other countries. It would require an annual assessment each year through 2028 and a report with recommendations to the House and Senate Veterans' Affairs Committees by October 1, 2028. The bill would also let the Secretary recognize State approving agencies until October 1, 2028, and after that date references to a State approving agency would be treated as referring to the Secretary.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Mackenzie, Ryan [R-PA-7]
PA • R
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
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