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VSOs urge passage of Student Veteran Benefit Restoration Act to return GI Bill benefits lost to fraud

2440182 · February 25, 2025
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Veterans Education Success and other witnesses told the committee that veterans defrauded by colleges lose GI Bill entitlement with no statutory path to restoration; they urged quick passage of the Student Veteran Benefit Restoration Act to make affected veterans whole.

Veterans Education Success and other witnesses urged lawmakers to restore GI Bill benefits to veterans who were defrauded by training programs, describing cases where veterans lost tuition entitlement and had no statutory recourse to be made whole.

Will Hubbard, president of Veterans Education Success, told the committees that schools with poor outcomes and predatory practices continue to receive GI Bill funds and that when veterans…

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