To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the processes to approve programs of education for purposes of the educational assistance programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Summary
What This Bill Does
The VETT Act changes disclosure and training processes for VA education benefits. When an educational institution cannot provide an individual the required form with all information required by section 3679(f)(1)(A), the institution must provide a notice with that form. The notice must specify which information may be inaccurate or incomplete and must provide the best estimate available on the notice date in place of the missing or uncertain information. The bill also requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a central website publishing information about VA training for school certifying officials and to update that information regularly.
Who Benefits and How
Veterans using VA education benefits benefit because they receive clearer warnings when cost, aid, or program information on required forms may be incomplete or inaccurate. Servicemembers and eligible dependents using VA education assistance benefit from the same improved disclosure before choosing or continuing education programs. School certifying officials benefit from a central VA website showing training information. State approving agencies and VA education staff benefit from more transparent disclosure practices when institutions cannot provide complete forms.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Educational institutions accepting VA education benefits must prepare notices identifying inaccurate or incomplete information and provide best estimates when required forms are not complete. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs and VA education-service staff must create and maintain the training website for school certifying officials. School compliance offices must track when estimates are used and make sure notices accompany forms. Institutions with weak data systems may face higher administrative burdens to identify incomplete information and produce estimates.
Key Provisions
- Requires educational institutions to notify students when required VA education-benefit forms contain inaccurate or incomplete information.
- Requires notices to specify which information may be inaccurate or incomplete.
- Requires institutions to provide the best available estimate in place of incomplete or inaccurate information.
- Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a central website for school certifying official training information.
- Requires VA to update the school certifying official training information on a regular basis.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Amends VA education-benefit approval rules to require educational institutions that cannot provide complete or accurate required forms to give students a notice identifying inaccurate or incomplete information and the best available estimates, and requires VA to maintain a regularly updated public website with training information for school certifying officials.
Key Policy Areas
Veterans Affairs, Education, Consumer Disclosure
Primary Purpose
Amends VA education-benefit approval rules to require educational institutions that cannot provide complete or accurate required forms to give students a notice identifying inaccurate or incomplete information and the best available estimates, and requires VA to maintain a regularly updated public website with training information for school certifying officials.
Policy Domains
House resolution provisions
Identified Gains
- Veterans using VA education benefits
- Servicemembers using VA education assistance
- Eligible dependents using VA education assistance
- School certifying officials
- State approving agencies
- VA education staff
Identified Costs
- Educational institutions accepting VA benefits
- Secretary of Veterans Affairs
- VA education-service staff
- School compliance offices
- Institutions with weak data systems
Legislative Progress
Passed HouseReceived; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' …
Passed House (inferred from eh version)
Mr. Van Orden introduced the following bill; which was referred …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Servicemembers using VA education assistance, Veterans using VA education benefits
Educational institutions accepting VA benefits, School certifying officials
Positive-direction: School certifying officials
Negative-direction: Educational institutions accepting VA benefits
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, VA education-service staff
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary"
- → Secretary of Veterans Affairs
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