James Haynes

Q: Thank You Letter to House Appropriations Committee for DOL VETS DVP Program

Below is a thank you letter from 17 veterans organizations to the House Appropriations Committee for including funding for the 2020 Department of Labor VETS program to establish a Disabled Veteran Program (DVP). [pdf-embedder url="https://vetsedsuccess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/DOL-VETS-DVP-Letter-of-Thanks-to-House-Appropriators-12-2019.pdf" title="DOL VETS DVP Letter of Thanks to House Appropriators 12-2019"]

Q: Federal Judge Orders Owner of Dog Training School to Forfeit Assets from Fraud Scheme against GI Bill Benefits

"A federal judge ordered 48-year-old Bradley Lane Croft, owner of Universal K-9, Inc., to forfeit over one million dollars in assets derived from his scheme to defraud the federal government with respect to the use of GI Bill benefits to train service canines and their handlers . . . On November 6, 2019, Judge Ezra convicted Croft of eight counts of wire fraud, four counts of aggravated identity theft, two counts of money laundering and two counts of making a false tax return. Testimony provided at trial revealed that beginning in 2013, Croft provided false information in applications to the Texas Veterans Commission, including instructors’ names, certifications and training documents indicating that certain individuals would be instructors at the school, to receive GI Bill educational benefit payments." See the full press release here .

Q: Report from New America: "The Bermuda Triad: Where Accountability Goes to Die"

New America released a report detailing the role of the Triad (federal government, states, accreditors) in holding institutions of higher education accountable and provided recommendations for how to strengthen the Triad. Link here .

Q: Politico: How to fix education's racial inequalities, one tweak at a time

PASADENA—Last fall, when introductory biology professors at Pasadena City College erased a rule banning late assignments or makeup exams, their colleagues joked that students would soon have imaginary grandmas perishing every weekend. In years past, four in 10 Latino students and half of African American students in the class dropped out, failed or earned a D. The professors wondered whether they could improve students’ odds if they acknowledged that many of the students have jobs and other responsibilities that might interfere with a deadline, but shouldn’t make them question whether they belong in science or at this community college. Read the full story at Politico, "How to fix education's racial inequalities, one tweak at a time" published 9/25/19.

Q: Top 10 Ways the New Borrower Defense Rule is Bad for Borrowers

The Institute for College Access & Success, National Consumer Law Center, and The Century Foundation released the following fact sheet describing the ways the new Borrower Defense rule is worse for borrowers than the 2016 rule. [pdf-embedder url="https://vetsedsuccess.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/BD_Side-by-Side.pdf"]

Q: Our Written Testimony for House Veterans Affairs Hearing on VA Debt Collection Practices

Veterans Education Success Director of Military & Consumer Policy Mike Saunders' written testimony regarding VA's debt collection practices and GI Bill "overpayment" issues. [pdf-embedder url="https://vetsedsuccess.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Mike-Saunders-Written-Testimony-VA-Debt-.pdf" title="Mike Saunders Written Testimony VA Debt"]

Q: VA's FOIA response re FTC referral for investigation of deceptive practices

The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) released the following documents in response to a Freedom of Information Act request regarding any VA referrals of schools to the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for investigation of deceptive practices. The below responses show that the VA referred two schools - Charlotte School of Law and Globe University - to the FTC for its analysis of the schools' deceptive practices after both schools had been disapproved for Title IV Funds from the US Department of Education. A link to the New York Legal Assistance Group website is here with more information. [pdf-embedder url="https://vetsedsuccess.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Attachment-4-Charlotte-School-of-Law-Referral-redacted-7-30-19.pdf" title="Attachment 4 Charlotte School of Law Referral (redacted 7-30-19"] [pdf-embedder url="https://vetsedsuccess.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Attachment-4-Globe-Univ-Referral-redacted-7-30-19.pdf" title="Attachment 4 Globe Univ Referral (redacted 7-30-19)"]

Q: Army.com List of Partner Schools Exposed

The Federal Trade Commission shut down a number of copycat military websites in September of 2018. This report examines one of those websites, Army.com, and the list of partner schools it displayed while in operation. [pdf-embedder url="https://vetsedsuccess.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/army.com-report-on-partner-schools-final.pdf" title="army.com report on partner schools final"]

Q: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment 2018 Longitudinal Study

The Department of Veterans Affairs published the results for Fiscal Year 2018 of its Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment longitudinal study. The main goal of the study is to examine the post-program outcomes for the VR&E program. [pdf-embedder url="https://vetsedsuccess.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/VA-VRE-2018-LongStdy-FY-2018.pdf" title="VA VR&E 2018 LongStdy FY 2018"]

Our Statement for the Record on Forever GI Bill Implementation Efforts for Nov. 19 HVAC Economic Opportunity Subcommittee Hearing

James Haynes2019-11-18T14:35:54+00:00November 18th, 2019|Categories: GI Bill & Military Benefits - more news & info, GI Bill Hearings|

About James Haynes

Our Statement for the Record on Pending Legislation: House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity

Thank You Letter to House Appropriations Committee for DOL VETS DVP Program

Federal Judge Orders Owner of Dog Training School to Forfeit Assets from Fraud Scheme against GI Bill Benefits

Higher Learning Advocates: State of the Military-Connected Student Community in 2019

Report from New America: “The Bermuda Triad: Where Accountability Goes to Die”

Our Statement for the Record on Forever GI Bill Implementation Efforts for Nov. 19 HVAC Economic Opportunity Subcommittee Hearing

Politico: How to fix education’s racial inequalities, one tweak at a time

Top 10 Ways the New Borrower Defense Rule is Bad for Borrowers

Our Written Testimony for House Veterans Affairs Hearing on VA Debt Collection Practices

VA’s FOIA response re FTC referral for investigation of deceptive practices

Army.com List of Partner Schools Exposed

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment 2018 Longitudinal Study

Veterans Education Success