To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to waive certain requirements relating to the approval of programs of education for purposes of the educational assistance programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Bill: 113-hr-5157
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2014-07-17
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Higher education

School administration

Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Vocational and technical education
Latest action: action_date: 2014-08-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-07-17
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to waive certain institutional continuity requirements that would block the Secretary's approval of a veteran's enrollment in a program of education offered by a proprietary school that does not lead to a standard college degree, provided: (1) the school has been operating the program of education in another location for at least two years, and (2) that program of education is approved under the veterans' educational benefits program.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5157 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 17, 2014 Ms. Titus (for herself, Mr. Stewart , and Mr. Matheson ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to waive certain requirements relating to the approval of programs of education for purposes of the educational assistance programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

1. Waiver of certain requirements relating to the approval of programs of education for purposes of the educational assistance programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs Section 3680A of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (h) The Secretary may waive subsection (e) in the case of a program of education offered by an educational institution if the educational institution has been operating a program of education in another location for at least two years and such program of education is approved under this chapter. .