Coalition Letter: California Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education Sunset Review Hearing
We represent a group of student, veteran, consumer, civil rights, and higher education advocates focused on ensuring that higher education students in California are protected from predatory schools and have access to a high-quality education that does not leave them with unmanageable debt.
The Tennessean: How Tennessee’s leaders can protect vulnerable veterans in higher education
America is navigating an era of uncertainty as we address COVID-19 and prepare for what will likely be the worst recession in generations. The COVID-19 pandemic will impact every sector of our economy, including higher [...]
Testimony of Ramond Curtis Before the New Jersey Senate Higher Education Committee on S1852
On behalf of the student servicemembers, veterans, their family members, and survivors that we represent, we thank you for the opportunity to testify in favor of S1851. This bill will limit the distribution of state-funded [...]
New York City Department of Consumer Affairs Report, Ill-Served: Why NYC Veterans Should Use Extra Caution When Choosing a For-Profit School
"Unfortunately, all too often, veterans’ tuition benefits go to for-profit programs and schools with poor graduation and employment outcomes4 that, in the words of Hollister K. Petraeus, the former head of the Office of Servicemember [...]
Baltimore Sun: Maryland First to Protect Veterans from For-profit Colleges
"Gov. Larry Hogan and the Maryland General Assembly have made the state the first in the nation to pass important protections for veterans who often fall prey to deceptive marketing practices of failing for-profit colleges. [...]
HB 375 Postsecondary schools; enrollment agreements, disputes, arbitration
Postsecondary schools; enrollment agreements; disputes; arbitration. Prohibits any postsecondary school that is required to be certified by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia from conditioning the enrollment of a student on (i) entering into [...]
Coalition Letter to California Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education and COVID-19 Response
We represent a group of student, veteran, consumer, civil rights, and higher education advocates focused on ensuring that higher education students in California are protected from predatory schools and have access to high-quality education that [...]
State Policy Advocacy Report January 2019 – April 2020
In just the last sixteen months, Veterans Education Success has worked with state legislators, higher education non-profits, and veteran/military service organizations to introduce first-in-the-nation 90/10 loophole closure bills in three states.
Oregon State Legislator Sign-On Letter in Support of SB 1544
"By exploiting this loophole, for-profit colleges can improperly count GI Bill benefits as private funds, offsetting the 90 percent cap they otherwise face on their access to federal student aid. We know you have numerous [...]
VES Comment on Proposed Regulation for Virginia Enrollment in Higher-Ed
Veterans Education Success has found that enrollment contracts are increasingly being used by certain postsecondary institutions as ways to limit the rights of the students that we serve. Restrictive clauses are often an [...]
What We’re Doing to Protect Your Rights During the COVID-19 Pandemic
By Ramond Curtis Here are some of the steps we've taking to serve you as we work hard to protect your rights during the crisis caused by COVID-19: You won’t face any change in [...]
Testimony in Support of Maryland SB 294 and HB 593: 2020 90/10 Loophole Closure
HB 593 and SB 294 will protect veterans and servicemembers from fraud and abuse by predatory colleges that target them with aggressive and deceptive recruiting just to get their GI Bill.
Testimony in Support of Maryland HB 1562
This bill would ban abusive debt collection tactics by preventing creditors from obtaining court orders to garnish wages and seize assets to repay defaulted student loans that creditors cannot prove borrowers owe, and it offers bowers tools to halt abuses when debt collectors and creditors break the law.
SB 1544 VSO/MSO Coalition Letter in Support
SB 1544 support letter for 90/10 loophole closure coalition letter signed by 13 VSOs and MSOs
SB 1544 Letter in Support; The American Legion Legislative Chair, Jack LAbox
The American Legion Legislative Chair, Jack Labox, testimony in favor of closing the 90/10 loophole.
SB 1544 Letter in Support; The American Legion, OR
The state commander for The American Legion Department of Oregon writes in support of SB 1544 and closing the 90/10 loophole.
SB 1544 Letter in Support, Oregon State University Student Veterans of America
The Student Veterans of America Oregon State University chapter letter in support fo closing the 90/10 loophole.
Veterans Education Success Letter in Support for SB 1544
"We at Veterans Education Success are writing in support of Senate Bill 1544. This bill will protect veterans and servicemembers from fraud and abuse by predatory colleges that target them with aggressive and deceptive recruiting just to get their GI Bill."
Testimony of Jay Hernandez in favor of SB 1544, Oregon 90/10 loophole closure
Jay Hernandez is a Marine Corps Veteran from Oregon City, OR., and former student at the University of Phoenix.
SB 1544 Testimony of State Policy Manager, Ramond Curtis
Testimony by Veterans Education Success State Policy Manager, Ramond Curtis, in favor of SB 1544 Oregon State 90/10 loophole closure - Oregon Senate Committee on Education
Ramond Curtis Testimony: Maryland 90/10 Loophole Closure Bill
Testimony submitted by Veterans Education Success State Policy Manager, Ramond Curtis, in favor of 90/10 loophole closure bills - SB 294 and HB 593