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85/15 Rule Calculations, Waiver Criteria, and Reports
The Veterans Affairs Department published this final rule in the Federal Register on January 16, 2024. It took effect on February 15, 2024.
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What the agency says
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is amending its educational assistance regulations by eliminating the four 85/15 rule calculation exemptions for students in receipt of certain types of institutional aid. Currently, VA regulations provide exceptions that allow certain categories of students to be considered "non-supported" for purposes of the 85/15 rule notwithstanding their receipt of institutional aid. In this final rule, VA is eliminating these exceptions, thus clarifying the types of scholarships that educational institutions must include in their calculations of "supported" students. Also, VA is revising the criteria that shall be considered by the Director of Education Service when granting an 85/15 rule compliance waiver. Lastly, VA is amending the timeline for certain educational institutions' submission of 85/15 compliance reports.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-00629
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Veterans Affairs Department
- Published
- January 16, 2024
- Takes effect
- February 15, 2024
- Dates
- This rule is effective February 15, 2024. The provisions of this final rule shall apply to all terms that begin on or after January 16, 2025, to include all 85/15 waivers pending before VA on that date.
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 2900-AR56
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 38 CFR 21
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure; Colleges and universities; Education; Employment; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; Schools; Veterans; Vocational education
- Significant
- Yes, under Executive Order 12866
- Pages
- 10
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