[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1784 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1784

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that State approving 
   agencies provide timely responses to applications for approval of 
  courses of education and provide justifications for disapproval of 
  courses, to provide for the review of the disapproval of courses by 
           State approving agencies, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 14, 2009

  Mr. Ensign introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that State approving 
   agencies provide timely responses to applications for approval of 
  courses of education and provide justifications for disapproval of 
  courses, to provide for the review of the disapproval of courses by 
           State approving agencies, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ENHANCEMENT OF PROCESS FOR APPROVAL OF ACCREDITED COURSES.

    Section 3675 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsections:
    ``(d)(1) Not later than 90 days after a State approving agency 
receives an application from an educational institution for approval of 
a course of education under this section, the State approving agency 
shall transmit to such educational institution a response to such 
application in writing.
    ``(2) If a State approving agency disapproves under this section a 
course that is offered by an educational institution, the State 
approving agency shall transmit to the educational institution a 
justification for such disapproval.
    ``(e)(1) The Secretary may, upon application therefor by an 
educational institution, review the determination of a State approving 
agency to disapprove pursuant to this section a course of education 
offered by the educational institution.
    ``(2) The Secretary may overturn a determination reviewed by the 
Secretary under paragraph (1). Any action by the Secretary under this 
paragraph shall be within the sole discretion of the Secretary, and 
shall not be subject to judicial review.
    ``(3) A course of education covered by the overturning under 
paragraph (2) of a determination of disapproval of a State approving 
agency shall be deemed approved by the State approving agency for 
purposes of this section.''.
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