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Download full textDortch, Cassandria – Congressional Research Service, 2018
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), previously named the Veterans Administration, has been providing veterans educational assistance (GI Bill®) benefits since 1944. The benefits have been intended, at various times, to compensate for compulsory service, encourage voluntary service, prevent unemployment, provide equitable benefits to all…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Veterans, Veterans Education, Student Financial Aid
Dortch, Cassandria – Congressional Research Service, 2017
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), previously named the Veterans Administration, has been providing veterans educational assistance (GI Bill®) benefits since 1944. This report describes the GI Bills enacted prior to 2008. Although participation in some programs has ended or is declining, the programs' evolution and provisions inform…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Veterans, Veterans Education, Student Financial Aid
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. – 1983
These Congressional hearings contain testimony pertaining to the extension and modification of two federal programs for veterans, the Veterans' Readjustment Appointment Act (VRA) and the GI Bill. During the testimony, witnesses reviewed the effectiveness of VRA appointments. (A VRA is a noncompetitive appointment to a federal civilian job that…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Educational Needs, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. – 1984
This Congressional report presents and examines the Veterans' Education and Employment Amendments of 1984. The purpose of these amendments is (1) to provide a 15 percent increase in the rates of educational assistance paid under the GI bill and the rate of subsistence allowances paid under the Veterans' Administration rehabilitation program for…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, Educational Policy
