GI Bill & Other Education Benefits

Public Comment by Veteran and Military Organizations on DOD’s Tuition Assistance MOU

Public Comment by Veterans & Military Organizations Providing Suggestions to Defense Department on Tuition Assistance MOU

Our Letter to the Education Department Regarding its 2013 Strategic Plan

Our Letter to the Education Department Regarding its 2013 Strategic Plan

U.S. Department of Defense DOD introduces new Tuition Assistance Tool: TA DECIDE

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

STATEMENT FOR THE RECORD SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING ON PENDING LEGISLATION SUBMITTED TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 6, 2020 Chairman Levin, Ranking Member Bilirakis, and Members of [...]

Our Amicus Brief in the Montana Supreme Court re Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Veterans Education Success filed an amicus brief regarding the importance of Public Service Loan Forgiveness and opposing loan servicers’ active misrepresentations to students about Public Service Loan Forgiveness.  The case is Reavis v. Pennsylvania Higher [...]

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 [...]

Chicago Sun Times: More GI Bill horror stories: Vets say government reneged on promise to pay for kids’ college

"Hower and her father are among more than a dozen families who contacted the Chicago Sun-Times after a story Nov. 10 on military families hit with hefty college bills they were promised would be covered [...]

Press Release: Veterans Education Success Praises Senator Alexander’s Support for Closing the 90-10 Loophole

For Immediate Release      Contacts:  Carrie Wofford, President | [email protected] (202) 838-5050 Veterans Education Success Praises Senator Alexander's Support for Closing the 90-10 Loophole Senator Alexander (R-TN) Announced His Support for the Protect VETS Act of [...]

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

STATEMENT FOR THE RECORD JOINT SUBCOMMITTEE OVERSIGHT HEARING ON EXAMINING ONGOING FOREVER GI BILL IMPLEMENTATION EFFORTS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 19, 2019 Chairman Levin, [...]

Press Release: Veterans Education Success Praises Bi-partisan Bill to Close 90-10 Loophole

For Immediate Release      Contacts:  Carrie Wofford, President | [email protected] (202) 838-5050 Veterans Education Success Praises Bi-partisan Bill to Close 90-10 Loophole Proposed legislation in the U.S. Senate will close the 90-10 loophole and remove the [...]

Chicago Sun Times: The Navy told him he served long enough to get his kids free college. Its math was 6 days off.

"Dotson, who’s from Michigan, didn’t know that the promised education would be yanked out from under them, that this gift would turn into debt-collection notices for his daughter amounting to $20,000 and growing. The Dotsons [...]

Joint Press Release: Veterans & Military Service Organizations Response to Sen. Alexander’s Higher Education Legislation

October 19, 2019 For Immediate Release Contact: Tanya Ang | Vice President | (202) 838-5050 Lauren Augustine | Vice President of Government Relations (SVA) | (703) 772-9919 Barrett Y. Bogue | Senior Communication Advisor | [...]

Sacramento Bee: Veterans Affairs Moves to Strip California’s Power in Fight Over For-Profit Schools

“It’s hard to argue that the VA has the interests of veterans and taxpayers at heart when it allows things like Thomas Jefferson. Why would they rescind these actions?” said Walter Ochinko, research director for [...]

Our Oral Testimony on VA’s Debt Collection & GI Bill Overpayments

On Sept. 19, 2019, Veterans Education Success' Director of Military & Consumer Policy, Mike Saunders, testified before the House Veterans Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations, regarding GI Bill "overpayments" and VA's aggressive debt [...]

Politico Morning Education: Veterans Education Success is Out with Two Reports

Veterans Education Success this week released two new reports about federal and state oversight of colleges receiving GI Bill funding: "Overemphasis on Payment Accuracy Impedes More Effective SAA Oversight of Schools Participating in the GI Bill" [...]