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)
Interested in participating in DoD's Tuition Assistance (TA) Program?
Sign an MOU
Financial Literacy
Acts & Regulations
Loans & Benefits
Education Programs
Institution Resources
Institution Training Resources
Agency begins the process of writing new rules to carry out provisions passed by Congress earlier this year that close a loophole in the law affecting military service members and veterans.
Lawmakers recently introduced two bills to make technical corrections to the Isakson Roe and THRIVE Acts and extend certain COVID-related flexibilities for veterans education benefits.
The new policy will result in 22,000 borrowers who have consolidated loans—including previously ineligible loans—being immediately eligible without further action on their part.
The association supports the overall goal of the legislation, but cites concerns regarding several provisions that could create unintended consequences for veterans and institutions.
The legislation could dissuade colleges from using commissioned agents in international student recruiting out of fear of losing access to GI Bill benefits.
Lawmakers released a set of sweeping education proposals that aim to lower the cost of higher education with free community college and a Pell Grant award increase, among other things.
Report argues that proposals to test educational quality would unfairly disadvantage nontraditional institutions.
Agency will retroactively grant relief to more than 47,000 current and former active-duty servicemembers who were overcharged on their loans while serving in combat zones.
The suspension, which took effect on June 15, means that new student veterans who plan to enroll at Howard this fall will not receive their tuition assistance or housing allowance.
The measure aims to protect student veterans and help ensure that they can use their GI Bill benefits to complete a quality postsecondary education. However, several provisions could create unintended consequences for veterans and institutions.
An update on the progress of a nationwide reporting system
The success of veterans relies largely on the efficiency and effectiveness of student services.
The U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs continues to project an increasing number of veterans returning to college to pursue a higher education.