Veterans Education Outcomes Act

Bill: 113-hr-4248
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41]
Introduced: 2014-03-13
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Consumer affairs

Higher education

National Guard and reserves

Student aid and college costs

Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Latest action: action_date: 2014-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-03-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Veterans Education Outcomes Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education (IHEs) participating in title IV programs to inform prospective and enrolled students of the percentage of the IHE's full-time students who receive assistance under the All-Volunteer Force or Post 9/11 Educational Assistance programs or the program providing educational assistance for members of the Selected Reserve.</p> <p>Requires those IHEs to disaggregate by the recipients of such assistance information, which they are required to provide to prospective and enrolled students, regarding: </p> <ul> <li> their costs of attendance, </li> <li> their completion or graduation rates, </li> <li> their graduates' placement in employment and type of employment, </li> <li> the types of graduate and professional education their graduating students pursue, and </li> <li> their retention rate for undergraduate students.</li> </ul>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4248 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 13, 2014 Mr. Takano (for himself and Mr. Flores ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To require institutions of higher education to disseminate information with respect to the completion rates, employment rates, and retention rates of recipients of GI Bill funding.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veterans Education Outcomes Act . 2. Information dissemination with respect to recipients of GI Bill funding Section 485(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1092 ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)(Q)— (A) in clause (iii), by striking and ; and (B) by adding and at the end of clause (iv); and (C) by adding at the end the following: (v) are recipients of educational assistance provided under chapter 30 or 33 of title 38, United States Code, or chapter 1606 of title 10, United States Code; ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (8) The information disseminated under subparagraphs (E), (L), (R), (S), and (U) of paragraph (1) shall be disaggregated by the recipients of educational assistance provided under chapter 30 or 33 of title 38, United States Code, or chapter 1606 of title 10, United States Code, if the number of students in such subgroup is sufficient to yield statistically reliable information and reporting will not reveal personally identifiable information about an individual student. If such number is not sufficient for such purposes, then the institution shall note that the institution enrolled too few of such students to so disclose or report with confidence and confidentiality. .