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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Association outlines concerns and questions regarding academic progress reporting requirements for GI Bill recipients.
Legislation would expand veteran education benefits to include proficiency exam fees and other costs related to documenting skills learned in uniform.
Members of the military who have served more than 16 years will no longer be able to transfer their GI Bill benefits to their dependents or spouses.
Robert Wilkie challenges the current 90/10 rule on for-profit colleges and endorses the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program as a "powerful incentive for public service."
Senators introduce bill to prohibit institutions from collecting a late fee or requiring GI Bill users to take out additional loans because of delayed GI Bill payments, among other protections.
The decrease in usage is attributed to factors such as the number of transitioning service members, their age, and the low veteran unemployment rate.
Researchers said that for-profit colleges changed their tuition price "to extract surpluses from their students."