Guard and Reserve Academic Protection Act

Bill: 113-hr-5676
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2014-09-19
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Higher education

Military education and training

Military personnel and dependents

National Guard and reserves

School administration

Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Latest action: action_date: 2014-10-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-09-19
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Guard and Reserve Academic Protection Act - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure that institutions of higher learning provide members of the National Guard or Armed Forces Reserves who are receiving educational assistance from the VA or the military with a reasonable opportunity to complete educational assignments, tests, and other requirements that occur while they are performing: (1) inactive duty training, or (2) active duty training for less than 30 days.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5676 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 19, 2014 Mrs. Kirkpatrick introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that members of a reserve component who are pursuing a course of education using educational assistance administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs are accommodated by the institution of higher learning for an absence caused by performing certain training.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Guard and Reserve Academic Protection Act . 2. Accommodation of members of reserve components pursuing course of education during performance of certain training (a) In general Chapter 36 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 3699. Accommodation of members of reserve components during performance of certain training (a) In general The Secretary shall ensure that an institution of higher learning provides an individual described in subsection (b) with a reasonable opportunity to complete assignments, tests, and other requirements of a course of education that occur during any period in which the individual is absent from the course of education by reason of performing— (1) inactive duty training; or (2) active duty training for a period of less than 30 days. (b) Individual described An individual described in this subsection is an individual who is— (1) a member of a reserve component; and (2) pursuing a course of education with educational assistance under chapter 30 or 33 of this title or chapter 1606 or 1607 of title 10. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: 3699. Accommodation of members of reserve components during performance of certain training. .