VETT Act

The bill would make two targeted changes to VA educational assistance rules. First, it would modify the penalty structure for educational institutions that cannot provide a fully complete personalized disclosure form — covering cost, financial aid, and graduation and job placement rates — to a prospective student before enrollment. Rather than face disciplinary action for an incomplete form, a school could instead attach a notice identifying which data fields may be inaccurate or incomplete and supplying the best available estimate for that information as of the notice date.

Second, it would direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish and regularly maintain a website serving as a central hub for information about VA-provided training for school certifying officials — the staff at colleges and universities who process and certify students' VA benefit claims. The bill does not change benefit amounts, eligibility rules, or the underlying disclosure requirement itself.

Educational institutions that enroll veterans and other VA benefit recipients — particularly their school certifying officials — would be most directly affected. Veterans and other students using VA educational benefits who receive pre-enrollment disclosure forms would also be affected, as would VA staff responsible for approving and overseeing programs of education.

Schools that sometimes cannot supply complete enrollment data before a student's deadline would gain a structured alternative to risking disciplinary action, potentially keeping more programs approved for VA benefit use. Veterans would still receive notice of any data gaps along with best-available estimates, preserving transparency about program costs and outcomes without blocking enrollment.

The VA Secretary would be responsible for building and regularly updating the new school certifying officials training website, though the bill sets no specific deadline or content requirements beyond regular updates. The disclosure-notice provision is self-executing: once enacted, schools facing incomplete form data must include the required notice and best-estimate information alongside the form. No rulemaking process is explicitly mandated, but the VA may issue guidance to clarify what qualifies as a "best estimate."