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Veterans & Service Members

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.

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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.

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Ashford University Gets Closer to Gaining Access to Post-9/11 GI Bill

Aug 3, 2017, 18:24 PM
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Ashford University announced last week that it is closer to gaining access to post-9/11GI Bill benefits, reports Inside Higher Ed.

Ashford is an online university enrolling 5,000 student veterans. Last year, Iowa's state approval agency attempted to end the university's GI Bill eligibility due to the university closing its physical location.

Early last week, an Iowa court dismissed a petition from Ashford, reported Inside Higher Ed. But then the university's parent company, Bridgeport Education, said it has received approval from Arizona for Ashford to remain eligible to receive GI Bill benefits (pending approval from the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs). Meanwhile, Bridgeport will continue to seek approval in Iowa.

 

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https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2017/07/27/ashford-university-notches-win-gi-bill-dispute

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