Proposed Rule
3 Sep 2025
regulatory compliance, veterans, administrative practice and procedure, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, employment, loan programs-education, colleges and universities, grant programs-education, vocational education, education, veterans affairs, claims, health care, conflict of interests, civil rights, distance learning, workforce development, vocational rehabilitation, travel and transportation expenses, armed forces, grant programs-veterans, loan programs-veterans, manpower training programs, schools, independent study
🎓Updates to State Approving Agency Jurisdiction Rule
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) publishes a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNPRM) to amend its definitions of the terms "independent study," "distance learning," and "resident learning," and to establish a new term, "standard curriculum." These proposed amendments, which distinguish distance learning from resident learning and independent study from standard curriculum, address concerns from VA stakeholders who view independent study and distance learning as having distinct and separate meanings and clarify State Approving Agency (SAA) jurisdiction over courses taken solely by distance learning.
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