Posted: | May 13, 2013 10:13 AM |
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From: | Senator Lisa Baker |
To: | All Senate members |
Subject: | The DOVE Program: Developing Opportunities in Veterans’ Education |
Please join me in co-sponsoring legislation to encourage colleges and universities to become more military-friendly. As a steady flow of service members return from Iraq and Afghanistan, many community colleges and public and private colleges and universities are finding themselves ill-prepared for this influx of younger veterans. In addition to financial hurdles and an array of confusing aid programs, these veterans are experiencing unintended barriers as they transition from combat to campus, including variations in academic credits awarded for military service, a sense of isolation from the non-veteran community, and scant support for veterans with special needs. This bill was developed after a joint hearing by the Senate Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee and the Senate Education Committee last June, and incorporates the input of a working group which met last December, the experience of other states, and the feedback of the Student Veterans of America. The provisions would require each college, community college and university to do the following:
The Department of Education would be able to certify a campus as a “Serving Our Veterans” Campus, which would mean it offers at least three of the following:
Thank you for considering cosponsoring this bill. |
Introduced as SB1004