S. 4458 · 117th Congress
Ensuring the Best Schools for Veterans Act of 2022
Law · 117-174 · Aug 26, 2022Key: what the circles and colors mean
Each circle is a bill. The ring fills as it moves through Congress:
Under the number: the Yea · Nay count of its final (or latest) recorded vote. On a member's page, the small badge is how that member voted: Y Yea / Aye, N Nay / No, P Present, – Not voting.
Gold and violet are only for Yea and Nay; they never mean a party. A member's party is the letter on their photo.
Became law without a recorded vote. It passed by voice vote or unanimous consent, which don't record how each member voted.
D
TesterSponsor3 cosponsors · 3 R
1 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
- Senate Introduced Jun 23, 2022
- Senate Passed Aug 4, 2022
- House Passed Aug 12, 2022
- President To the President Aug 23, 2022
- President Signed Aug 26, 2022
- Law Aug 26, 2022
This act makes adjustments to the process by which the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) evaluates programs of education for violations of the 85/15 Rule.
What it does: CRS summary · Public Law · Aug 26, 2022
Ensuring the Best Schools for Veterans Act of 2022
This act makes adjustments to the process by which the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) evaluates programs of education for violations of the 85/15 Rule.
The rule generally prohibits the VA from approving the enrollment of a veteran in any course at an educational institution where more than 85% of the students are having all or part of their tuition or other charges paid by the institution or the VA.
The act adds an exception for tuition or charges paid under a payment plan at an educational institution with a history of offering payment plans that are completed within 180 days after the end of the applicable term, quarter, or semester.
The act also requires the VA to establish a process by which an educational institution may request a review of a determination that the institution has more than 85% of enrolled students that have all or part of their tuition or other charges paid by the institution or the VA.
The act adjusts the existing 35% exemption by exempting courses from the 85/15 Rule if the majority of courses at the institution are approved by the state approving agency, and the total number of veterans, reservists, or eligible beneficiaries who are enrolled at the institution equals 35% or less of the total student enrollment at the institution.
Additionally, the 85/15 Rule does not apply with respect to the enrollment of a veteran in a program of education with fewer than 10 students who are having all or part of their tuition or other charges paid to or for them by the educational institution or the VA.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Ensuring the Best Schools for Veterans Act of 2022
Latest action (Aug 26, 2022): Became Public Law No: 117-174.
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Jun 23, 2022
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
- Senate Introduced Jun 23, 2022
- Senate Passed Aug 4, 2022
- House Passed Aug 12, 2022
- President To the President Aug 23, 2022
- President Signed Aug 26, 2022
- Law Aug 26, 2022
No recorded floor vote found.