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H.R.4248 / 113th Congress

Veterans Education Outcomes Act

Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

Official summary

Version 00 · Introduced in House · Mar 13, 2014

Veterans Education Outcomes Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education (IHEs) participating in title IV programs to inform prospective and enrolled students of the percentage of the IHE's full-time students who receive assistance under the All-Volunteer Force or Post 9/11 Educational Assistance programs or the program providing educational assistance for members of the Selected Reserve.

Requires those IHEs to disaggregate by the recipients of such assistance information, which they are required to provide to prospective and enrolled students, regarding:

their costs of attendance,

their completion or graduation rates,

their graduates' placement in employment and type of employment,

the types of graduate and professional education their graduating students pursue, and

their retention rate for undergraduate students.

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Who introduced it

Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41] · D–CA

Committees

  • Education and Workforce Committee
1 cosponsorship records, including any withdrawals

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  1. Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

  2. Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

  3. Introduced in House

  4. Introduced in House

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