BRAVE Act

Bolstering Returning American Veterans Education Act or the BRAVE Act

This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide a standard training curriculum for school certifying officials regarding administrative responsibilities relating to VA educational assistance programs. Such curriculum shall be provided through an Internet website or taught at a VA-sponsored conference.

The VA shall require as a condition of course approval that the school certifying official of the educational institution offering the course must: (1) complete the training curriculum within 30 days of after first being designated as a school certifying official, and (2) receive a minimum 75% score on a test of the official's knowledge of the covered subjects.

A school certifying official is an educational institution official designated to: (1) sign or report enrollment certifications, or (2) sign the school portion of the application and enrollment certification for individualized tutorial assistance.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3028 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3028

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
 Veterans Affairs to provide training for school certifying officials.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 22, 2017

  Mr. Trott introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
 Veterans Affairs to provide training for school certifying officials.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Bolstering Returning American 
Veterans Education Act'' or the ``BRAVE Act''.

SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS PROVISION OF TRAINING FOR SCHOOL 
              CERTIFYING OFFICIALS.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 36 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 3674A the following 
new section:
``Sec. 3674B. Training for school certifying officials
    ``(a) Training Curriculum.--The Secretary, in consultation with the 
National Association of State Approving Agencies, State approving 
agencies, the National Association of Veterans' Program Administrators, 
and school certifying officials, shall establish and provide a standard 
training curriculum for school certifying officials regarding 
administrative responsibilities relating to the educational assistance 
programs of the Department.
    ``(b) Contents.--The training curriculum required under subsection 
(a) shall include training related to each of the following:
            ``(1) Certification and recertification for the educational 
        assistance programs of the Department.
            ``(2) Certification and recertification for tutoring 
        assistance and meeting the voluntary requirements of Executive 
        Order 13607.
            ``(3) Standards and process for establishing and 
        maintaining the approval of courses of education for purposes 
        of the educational assistance programs of the Department.
            ``(4) The Yellow Ribbon G.I. Education Enhancement Program 
        under section 3317 of this title.
            ``(5) The calculation and distribution of payments under 
        the educational assistance programs of the Department.
            ``(6) Common ways to assist individuals entitled to 
        educational assistance under the laws administered by the 
        Secretary in using such entitlement.
    ``(c) Provision of Training.--The training curriculum required by 
subsection (a) shall be provided through an internet website or taught 
at a conference sponsored by the Department.
    ``(d) Requirements for Officials.--The Secretary shall require, as 
a condition of the approval of a course of education under this 
chapter, that the school certifying official of the educational 
institution offering such course--
            ``(1) completes the training curriculum required under 
        subsection (a)--
                    ``(A) by not later than 30 days after first being 
                designated as a school certifying official; and
                    ``(B) not less often than once during every 
                subsequent two-year period; and
            ``(2) upon completion of the training curriculum, earns a 
        score of at least 75 percent on a multiple choice exam designed 
        to test the knowledge of the official with the subjects covered 
        in the training curriculum.
    ``(e) School Certifying Official Defined.--In this section, the 
term `school certifying official' means an official of an educational 
institution designated to sign or report Department enrollment 
certifications, certifications of change in student status, 
certifications of delivery of advance payments, certifications of 
pursuit, attendance, flight training, on-the-job or apprenticeship 
training (as applicable), or other certifications of enrollment or to 
sign the school portion of the application and enrollment certification 
for individualized tutorial assistance.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
3674A the following new item:

``3674B. Training for school certifying officials.''.
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