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H.R. 981 · House bill · 119th Congress
This bill modifies the approval process for certain courses of education for purposes of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) educational assistance benefits.
Under current law, educational institutions must provide a personalized form to an individual with certain information (e.g., cost, financial aid, and graduation and job placement rates) prior to enrollment in a course, otherwise such institutions may be subject to certain disciplinary action from the VA or state approving agency. The bill provides that if an educational institution cannot provide the required personalized form to an individual prior to enrollment, the institution must provide notice that specifies which information in the form may be inaccurate or incomplete and the best estimate available for such information.
The bill requires the VA to establish and regularly update a website to serve as a central location for information about training for school certifying officials regarding VA educational benefits.
This Act may be cited as the “Veterans Education Transparency and Training Act” or the “VETT Act”.
(a) Limitation of disapproval of programs of education for failure To provide certain forms.— Section 3679(f)(5) of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking “this paragraph” and inserting “this subparagraph”;
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking “this paragraph” and inserting “subparagraph (A)”; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
“(C) If an educational institution cannot provide to an individual a form under paragraph (1) that contains all of the information required under subparagraph (A) of such paragraph, the educational institution shall provide to such individual, with the form under such paragraph, a notice—
(i) that specifies what such information may be inaccurate or incomplete; and
(ii) that includes, in place of the information that may be inaccurate or incomplete, the best estimate available on the date of such notice.”.
(b) Publication of information about training for school certifying officials.— The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish a website to serve as a central location for the publication of information about the training that the Department of Veterans Affairs provides for school certifying officials and shall update such information on a regular basis.