AACRAO recognizes and honors the sacrifices these men and women have made and its members are proud to assist them and meet their educational needs. Veterans and students on active military duty and their families face special circumstances and challenges.Changes in federal statute and executive actions have greatly promoted the expansion of services toward veterans and their families. Since the Post-9/11 GI Bill was passed in 2009, close to 1 million veterans, service members, and eligible dependents have taken advantage of the educational benefits available to them. With the passage of more recent legislation, such as the Forever GI Bill in 2017 and the Isakson Roe and THRIVE Acts in 2021, there will be significant changes to military education benefits over the coming years.
AACRAO recently hosted a webinar to discuss the implementation of veteran legislation passed in December 2020, also known as the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act. This law will have a transformative effect on the mission of Education Service to provide ready access to, and timely and accurate delivery of, education benefits to Veterans, Service members, and their families, as well as further enable the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to empower GI Bill beneficiaries to achieve their vocational and career goals.
Other recent legislation introduced in both the House and Senate include important provisions to help ensure veterans can continue to receive their education benefits as well as technical corrections to the legislation passed last year.
Veterans Reporting & Support Work Group Guide AACRAO (Nov 2019)
Oversight of State Approving Agency Program Monitoring for Post-9/11 GI Bill Students U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (Dec 2018)
Postsecondary Non-Completion Among Veterans: Contributing Factors and Implications Veterans Education Success (Nov 2018)
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Confusion continues over the Veterans Affairs Department's handling of reimbursements for GI recipients whose housing stipends are being underpaid.
VA officials fail to provide answers on when thousands of vets will get overdue GI Bill payments.
More than half of the veterans with disabilities whom the Education Dept. has identified as eligible to have their student loans canceled are already in default on their debt.
AACRAO also chimes in on numerous issues related to the processing of GI Bill education benefits that could impact student veterans for months to come.
Panel will discuss IT-related issues that led to Post-9/11 GI Bill payment delays for tuition, fees, and the monthly housing allowance.
Student veterans using GI Bill benefits this fall have been waiting longer than three weeks on average to receive housing benefits.
Students defrauded by for-profit schools can expect no help from the Education Secretary. But a federal court ruling offers some hope.
Kaplan rollout exposes un-Purdue-like actions.
There has been debate over whether the agency can approve educational programs offered by out-of-state colleges at extension locations within California.
Three of the suspended colleges from Missouri—Park University, Webster University, and Columbia College—persuaded a judge to block the agency's actions.