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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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.
Student veterans receiving Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits earned lower wages for seven to nine years after they left the Army compared with their non-college-going peers.
Legislation would establish a competitive grant program for higher education institutions to address disparities in recruitment, admissions, and support.
The final stimulus package includes $40 billion for colleges and students and includes a number of education-related amendments.
AACRAO strongly supports the package, which provides $40 billion in aid to higher education institutions and students during the pandemic and includes a provision to tighten the 90/10 rule.
AACRAO is listed in support of legislation that would prohibit for-profit colleges and universities from receiving more than 85 percent of their revenue from the federal government.
House Democrats' coronavirus relief package would provide an additional $40 billion in aid to institutions and students and strengthen the 90-10 rule regulating for-profit institutions.