The Federal taxpayers are basically subsidizing the marketing effort, which is a pretty healthy thing for the for-profit sector.

Oh, Mr. Gunderson, that's not true.

Courses are being offered to the servicemember's spouses at taxpayers' expense through for-profit schools that are not accredited.

Is there a centralized complaint system that has been established for members of the military who are unhappy with the experience they are having in the TA program?

We sure do.

Is it within the power of your office, or the military, to disqualify an institution?

Aggressive and deceptive targeting of servicemembers, veterans, and their families by some educational institutions.

My concern is that servicemembers enrolled in for-profit colleges may not only be using tuition assistance for some courses that may not be valuable, but they may also be using up their personal one-time future VA educational benefits at…

Do you recall whether there were any schools which have been chronic in terms of complaints?

But the Government is paying the school regardless.

I support an effort by Senator Harkin and Senator Hagan to focus Federal education assistance on educating, rather than marketing.

What I worry about is someone just like you who signs up for a worthless school.

the DOD could reach out more to accrediting agencies.

If you take courses through the University of Maryland's University College in the TA program and don't complete your degree, what is the likelihood that those course credits can be transferred to another institution when you come back…

While we support the intention of this bill, which seeks to address the same issue as S. 257, we cannot support this legislation.

we sincerely appreciate Senator Durbin's interest in this issue and we look forward to working with all stakeholders on a fair solution for our student-veterans.

We thank Senator Durbin for taking this issue seriously and introducing legislation in an effort to ensure more equitable reimbursement for student-veterans attending public schools.

We thank Senator Durbin for his attention to this issue.