Another Win for Veterans!
Back in April we raised the alarm about a policy that is hurting Veterans. The Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) so called “85/15” rule regulates how many students can use…
Update on California State Legislation Restricting Veterans’ Use of Benefits
We had previously written about how California was considering passing legislation that could seriously restrict how Veterans could use their benefits. We traveled to California to meet face to face…
Creating a Better GI Bill Calculator
We are calling on Congress to make an official request of the Departments of Education (ED) and Veterans Affairs (VA) to begin sharing data with each other so that research…
Don’t Tell Veterans How to Use Their Benefits
Today, during a hearing in the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment, the Op-Ed our Executive Director, Daniel Elkins wrote for The Hill was entered into the public record…
OIG Confirms Lack of Oversight is Reason VA Payments Considered Improper
A few months ago, on December 3, 2018, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) conducted an audit of State Approving Agencies (SAA),…
Serving Student Veterans: Reauthorizing the Higher Education Act
We are very excited to hear that Congress is committed to the reauthorization the Higher Education Act (HEA). The Higher Education Act is an important piece of legislation that can…
Proposed Access Standards for Care for Veterans
The Veterans Education Project is voicing our full support for Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Robert Wilkie's proposed access standards for community care and emergency care for Veterans. We applaud the direction…
Calling on the Office of the Inspector General to Release Info on Recent VA Audit
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) recently completed an audit titled, “VA’s Oversight of State Approving Agency Program Monitoring for Post-9/11 GI Bill Students.” We have some serious concerns…
Negotiated Rulemaking Sessions
What is Negotiated Rulemaking? A Look at NegReg
This past week the VEP team got to participate in the Department of Education’s (ED) Negotiated Rulemaking session. You may have seen it referred to as NegReg as well. As…
Representing Veterans at Forum on Reforms within Higher Education
The Department of Education is hosting a forum to discuss reforms within higher education. During the negotiated rulemaking sessions (NegReg), the two main topics that will be discussed deal with…