Veterans' Education Policy. A Report Prepared by the Commission To Assess Veterans' Education Policy (Pursuant to Public Law 99-576) Submitted to the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs and the House of Representatives and Senate Committees on Veterans' Affairs. 100th Congress, 2d Session. House Committee Print No. 17.

This 10-section commission report contains an overview of veterans' education benefits and recommendations for changes in veterans' education policy. The first three sections state the principles and assumptions of the study on which the report is based, summarize the commission's recommendations, and outline the commission's organization and background. The fourth section summarizes the provisions of the various programs funded through veterans' legislation, and the following three sections summarize the history of the purpose of veterans' educational assistance benefits, describe the Montgomery GI Bill student, and speculate on education in the 1990s. The eighth section, which makes up the bulk of the report, discusses the commission recommendations in the following areas: benefit-delivery system structure; certifications and reports; changes of program limitations; compliance surveys and supervisory visits; counseling and support services to veterans; debt recovery and fraudulent claims; distinctions between noncollege degree and degree training; measurement; mitigating circumstances; publications; remedial, deficiency, and refresher training; reporting fees; restoration of pay reductions; role of continuing education; standardization; training and associated administrative resources; two-year rule, standards of progress, and the 85-15 rule; value of home-study courses; and work-study programs. The final two sections present views of dissenting commissioners. (KC)