Veteran Education Empowerment Act

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Veteran Education Empowerment Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award four-year grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) to establish, maintain, and improve a veteran student center.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Sep 18, 2014

Requires grantees to be IHEs that:

have a population of at least 15,000 students, of which at least 1% are veterans or members of the Armed Forces;
are located in a region or community that has a significant veteran population;
carry out programs or activities that assist veterans in the local community; and
present a sustainability plan demonstrating that their veteran student center will be maintained and will continue to operate after the grant ends.

Defines a "veteran student center" as a dedicated space on a campus that provides students who are veterans or members of the Armed Forces with: (1) a lounge or meeting space for such students and veterans in the community, and (2) a centralized office for veteran services that is staffed by trained employees and volunteers.

Requires that office to provide such students with assistance in:

transitioning from the military to student life,
transitioning from the military to the civilian workforce,
networking with other students,
understanding and obtaining the federal and state benefits for which they may be eligible, and
understanding how to succeed in the IHE.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Veteran Education Empowerment Act

Latest action (Nov 17, 2014): Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

Policy area: Education · Origin: House · Introduced: Sep 18, 2014

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.