Protecting Veterans' Educational Choice Act of 2016 2016-11-30 Passed House without amendment (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.)

Protecting Veterans' Educational Choice Act of 2016

(Sec. 2) This bill requires Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) counselors who provide specified educational or vocational counseling services to provide a requesting veteran or member of the Armed Forces with information about the articulation agreements (agreements governing the transferability of credits toward meeting specific degree or program requirements) of each institution of higher learning in which the individual is interested.

The VA shall: (1) provide a veteran who is certified as eligible for VA educational assistance with information on education counseling services and articulation agreements, and (2) implement this bill within 90 days after its enactment.

]]> 2016-11-14 Reported to House without amendment (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Protecting Veterans' Educational Choice Act of 2016

(Sec. 2) This bill requires Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) counselors who provide specified educational or vocational counseling services to provide a requesting veteran or member of the Armed Forces with information about the articulation agreements (agreements governing the transferability of credits toward meeting specific degree or program requirements) of each institution of higher learning in which the individual is interested.

The VA shall: (1) provide a veteran who is certified as eligible for VA educational assistance with information on education counseling services and articulation agreements, and (2) implement this bill within 90 days after its enactment.

]]> 2016-04-25 Introduced in House Protecting Veterans' Educational Choice Act of 2016

This bill requires Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) counselors who provide specified educational or vocational counseling services to provide a requesting veteran or member of the Armed Forces with information about the articulation agreements (agreements governing the transferability of credits toward meeting specific degree or program requirements) of each institution of higher learning in which the individual is interested.

The VA shall provide a veteran who is certified as eligible for VA educational assistance with information on education counseling services and articulation agreements.

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