2020 US Code
Title 38 - Veterans' Benefits
Part III - Readjustment and Related Benefits
Chapter 36 - Administration of Educational Benefits
Subchapter I - State Approving Agencies
Sec. 3673A - Risk-based surveys
| 38 U.S.C. § 3673A (2020) |
| §3673A. Risk-based surveys |
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(a) Development Required.—The Secretary, in partnership with State approving agencies, shall develop a searchable risk-based survey for oversight of educational institutions with courses and programs of education approved under this chapter. (b) Scope.—(1) The scope of the risk-based survey developed under subsection (a) shall be determined by the Secretary, in partnership with the State approving agency. (2) At a minimum the scope determined under paragraph (1) shall include the following: (A) Rapid increase in veteran enrollment. (B) Rapid increase in tuition and fees. (C) Complaints tracked and published with the mechanism required by section 3698(b)(2) from students pursuing programs of education with educational assistance furnished under laws administered by the Secretary, based on severity or volume of the complaints. (D) Compliance with section 3680A(d)(1) of this title. (E) Veteran completion rates. (F) Indicators of financial stability. (G) Review of the advertising and recruiting practices of the educational institution, including those by third-party contractors of the educational institution. (H) Matters for which the Federal Government or a State Government brings an action in a court of competent jurisdiction against an educational institution, including matters in cases in which the Federal Government or the State comes to a settled agreement on such matters outside of the court. (c) Database.—The Secretary, in partnership with the State approving agencies under this chapter, shall establish a database or use an existing system, as the Secretary considers appropriate, to serve as a central repository for information required for or collected during site visits for the risk-based survey developed under subsection (a), so as to improve future oversight of educational institutions with programs of education approved under this chapter. |
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(Added Pub. L. 116–315, title I, §1013(a)(1), Jan. 5, 2021, 134 Stat. 4942.) |
| EDITORIAL NOTES
CODIFICATION
Section 1013(a)(1) of Pub. L. 116–315, which directed that "Subchapter I of chapter 36, United States Code" be amended by inserting this section after section 3673 without specifying the Code title to be amended, was executed by inserting this section after section 3673 of this title, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 38 - VETERANS' BENEFITS |
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| Title 38 - VETERANS' BENEFITS PART III - READJUSTMENT AND RELATED BENEFITS CHAPTER 36 - ADMINISTRATION OF EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS SUBCHAPTER I - STATE APPROVING AGENCIES Sec. 3673A - Risk-based surveys |
| section 3673A |
| 2020 |
| January 13, 2021 |
| Yes |
| standard |
| 134 Stat. 4942 |
| Public Law 116-315 |
