{"id":52268,"date":"2021-07-20T20:30:10","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T20:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/07\/20\/gi-bill-reforms-on-track-for-fall-semester-va-officials-say\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T10:38:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T10:38:03","slug":"gi-bill-reforms-on-track-for-fall-semester-va-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/education-transition\/2021\/07\/20\/gi-bill-reforms-on-track-for-fall-semester-va-officials-say\/","title":{"rendered":"GI Bill reforms on track for fall semester, VA officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Veterans Affairs officials expect to have 27 congressionally mandated reforms to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/education-transition\/2021\/07\/12\/millions-of-vets-may-be-eligible-for-extra-gi-bill-benefits-thanks-to-court-ruling\/\" target=\"_blank\">GI Bill benefits<\/a> in place by Aug. 1, but many of those changes may not be immediately visible to all students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s because the bulk of the changes, included in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/12\/16\/congress-finalizes-sweeping-veterans-policy-bill-with-new-protections-for-women-students\/\" target=\"_blank\"> the Johnny Isakson and Phil Roe Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020,<\/a> deal with specific programs and eligibility requirements that individually don\u2019t affect a large number of veterans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When combined, however, these small changes amount to significant updates across the breadth of the benefit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThese provisions greatly assist VA in providing benefits more efficiently and effectively \u2026 [including] improved oversight and accountability and expanded opportunities for service members, veterans and eligible family members,\u201d said Charmain Bogue, executive director of the Veterans Benefits Administration\u2019s Education Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bogue faced questioning Tuesday from House Veterans\u2019 Affairs Committee members regarding the progress of the changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/12\/16\/congress-finalizes-sweeping-veterans-policy-bill-with-new-protections-for-women-students\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6113555.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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be adjusted under language approved last fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bill also expanded the popular Veteran Employment Through Technology Education Courses earlier this year and expanded VA\u2019s Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It also, for the first time, made foster children of servicemembers eligible for GI Bill benefits transfer, in alignment with Defense Department rules regarding dependents.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/education-transition\/2021\/07\/16\/use-your-gi-bill-benefits-to-start-a-business-lawmakers-push-pilot-program\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" 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Lawmakers push pilot program<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Reintroduced legislation would create a pilot program for a few hundred veterans to get business start-up money through the GI Bill program instead of college tuition payouts.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Upcoming changes include expansion of the Fry Scholarship to include spouses and children of service members \u2014 including reservists \u2014 who died in non-combat events, and new requirements for schools to provide cost estimates to potential students ahead of enrollment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another change will require students to \u201celectronically verify\u201d their enrollment status with VA monthly. 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