BRAVE Act

To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide training for school certifying officials. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Bolstering Returning American Veterans Education Act BRAVE Act 2. Department of Veterans Affairs provision of training for school certifying officials (a) In general Subchapter I of chapter 36 section 3674A 3674B. Training for school certifying officials (a) Training curriculum The Secretary, in consultation with the National Association of State Approving Agencies, State approving agencies, the National Association of Veterans’ Program Administrators, and school certifying officials, shall establish and provide a standard training curriculum for school certifying officials regarding administrative responsibilities relating to the educational assistance programs of the Department. (b) Contents The training curriculum required under subsection (a) shall include training related to each of the following: (1) Certification and recertification for the educational assistance programs of the Department. (2) Certification and recertification for tutoring assistance and meeting the voluntary requirements of Executive Order 13607. (3) Standards and process for establishing and maintaining the approval of courses of education for purposes of the educational assistance programs of the Department. (4) The Yellow Ribbon G.I. Education Enhancement Program under section 3317 of this title. (5) The calculation and distribution of payments under the educational assistance programs of the Department. (6) Common ways to assist individuals entitled to educational assistance under the laws administered by the Secretary in using such entitlement. (c) Provision of training The training curriculum required by subsection (a) shall be provided through an internet website or taught at a conference sponsored by the Department. (d) Requirements for officials The Secretary shall require, as a condition of the approval of a course of education under this chapter, that the school certifying official of the educational institution offering such course— (1) completes the training curriculum required under subsection (a)— (A) by not later than 30 days after first being designated as a school certifying official; and (B) not less often than once during every subsequent two-year period; and (2) upon completion of the training cur­ric­u­lum, earns a score of at least 75 percent on a multiple choice exam designed to test the knowledge of the official with the subjects covered in the training curriculum. (e) School certifying official defined In this section, the term school certifying official . (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 3674A the following new item: 3674B. Training for school certifying officials. .

Summary: Bolstering Returning American Veterans Education Act or the BRAVE Act This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide a standard training curriculum for school certifying officials regarding administrative responsibilities relating to VA educational assistance programs. Such curriculum shall be provided through an Internet website or taught at a VA-sponsored conference. The VA shall require as a condition of course approval that the school certifying official of the educational institution offering the course must: (1) complete the training curriculum within 30 days of after first being designated as a school certifying official, and (2) receive a minimum 75% score on a test of the official's knowledge of the covered subjects. A school certifying official is an educational institution official designated to: (1) sign or report enrollment certifications, or (2) sign the school portion of the application and enrollment certification for individualized tutorial assistance.